2000 miles long border separates the U.S.A. from Mexico. Over one-third, a more or less dissuasive wall has been erected. Barbwire, cameras, mesh, concrete... The many means employed by the "northerner neighbor" to secure the border. A $50 billion has been invested so far by the American government to counter illegal entries. However, the height of the wall seems matched only by the determination of those trying to cross. From Tijuana to Brownsville, stories of misunderstanding, fear, rejection, and divisions mark the path for those whom the wall is a daily reality. Some fight to defend a territory against an immigration they deem threatening. Others to assist the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who use the hostile migratory roads each year. All along the line in Mexico, stand those who try to make it to the "American dream". In the U.S.A., those who try to survive in spite of a reality that has nothing to do with a dream.

Journaliste: Sophie Mangado

Photo: Martin Beaulieu