The media blackout here is inexcusable.
https://twitter.com/jbmoorephoto/status/1372924066894651392?s=20
John Moore
I respectfully ask US Customs and Border Protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations. I have photographed CBP under Bush, Obama and Trump but now - zero access is granted to media. These long lens images taken from the Mexican side.
John Moore
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Mar 19Replying to
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There’s no modern precedent for a full physical ban on media access to CBP border operations. To those who might say, cut them some slack - they are dealing with a situation, I’d say that showing the US response to the current immigrant surge is exactly the media’s role.
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Mar 19Photographing Border Patrol agents and immigrant encounters can and has been done respectfully without interfering with operations. Regardless,
@cbp
public affairs exists to work with media.
John Moore
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Mar 19And Pandemic restrictions are not a valid excuse to block physical media access, especially to operations that are outside. There are easy alternative options to media ride-alongs.
@cbp
John Moore
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Mar 19Showing the difficult and important work of
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agents in the field, while also photographing immigrants in a dignified way are not mutually exclusive endeavors. Transparency is key, even in a politicized environment.
@DHSgov
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Mar 20
The photographs in this tweet string were taken with a telephoto lens from across the border in Mexico. Until now, US photojournalists haven’t needed to stand in another country to photograph what’s happening - in the United States.
John Moore
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21hThe vast majority of river crossings by asylum seekers happen on federal land in south Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. The federal govt. controls access to those areas. The Border Patrol has been removing journalists who enter, including recently myself, CBS, others.
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