Each toe tag hanging on the exhibit's wall represents either an identified or unidentified migrant who died trying to enter the U.S. through San Diego and Imperial County borders.
The deaths displayed in the exhibit date back to 1994, with the most recent ones being from 2021. On the tags is also their cause of death.
“I think awareness is really needed with this because it's so impactful and it's happening right here,” said LaFleur. According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, over 24,000 migrants were apprehended in San Diego last month, an increase of 27% from February. As the, officials don’t anticipate those numbers to go down anytime soon, meaning there could be more deaths.
“Immigration is such a polarized field right now,” said LaFleur. “I hope that people can remember that policy impacts people and policy can really hurt people.” Creating change in policy won’t be easy but at least for now, LaFleur is inspiring something else: Compassion.“Really, coming back to just humanity and being human ourselves and knowing that these other people are also human can really help us come together,” said LaFleur.that tracks deaths along the Arizona border. The USD exhibit will be on display until May 17.
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