The fence at the US-Mexico border on the Tohono O’odham Nation. The nation straddles the US-Mexico border and some tribal members complain about their treatment by border agents. — ©️2023 The New York Times Company
IT was pitch black when the Border Patrol rolled up to Raymond Mattia’s home on a remote corner of the Tohono O’odham reservation in southern Arizona, investigating a report of gunshots.
Border agents, smugglers and migrants were a familiar sight in the tiny desert village a mile from the southern border where the Mattia family had lived for decades.
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