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If you cross the US-Mexican border at the town of Calexico you might run into a photographer named Daniel Santillan. But he’s not likely to be shooting pictures of tourists. He only has eyes for Mexican schoolchildren who want an American education.
Mr. Santillan is a residency enforcer, assigned by local education officials to make sure students live in the US, not Mexico. When he’s not tracking students on weekday mornings at the border crossing, he visits local homes to make sure children live where their parents say they do.
Santillan isn’t thrilled about busting youngsters for living south of the border, but he accepts his job. “The bottom line is that these kids are taking up room,” he says.”*
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