Laura, who lived in Texas, was deported after driving without documentation. She begged not to be sent back to Mexico because her ex-husband, who had been deported, threatened to kill her. 鈥淲hen I am found dead,鈥� she told the officer, 鈥渋t will be on your conscience.鈥� She was murdered a week after she was deported. Photograph by Carolyn Drake/Magnum for The New Yorker
