Time USA - 18.11.2019

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Jose, 11, drew the U.S. and the

Rio Grande; he wrote, “America,

where they didn’t let me in” and

“The promised land”

Genesis, 9, drew her family in Matamoros while her

aunt is in Brownsville, Texas; “I want to leave from here

because I can’t be happy and I can’t sleep,” she wrote

To protect the identity of the children, TIME has covered

some identifying information in the drawings.

COURTESY BELINDA ARRIAGA (5)