3min chapter

Street Photography Magazine cover image

Across the Mexican Border with Kevin Zuniga

Street Photography Magazine

CHAPTER

Is Your Dad a Border Patrol Officer?

My dad works for the border patrol. He used to be a canine officer, but now he's more in to sentry processing. They're not doing it for systematic racism, or they're not, they don't do anything like that. There are some real genuine people that just that don't see it that way. And so you knont when people bring up like, all, like, your dad's a c pc b p office, and you're doing stuff on this an si, my debt supports me a hundred%. because he knows who they are as well.

00:00
Speaker 2
We used to see those guys on lake erie. They'd pull up in these superfast boats, and odon say they were patrolling the border gos. And sometimes theyd pull up, like some giant yacht, what? Would come in, and they, they'd pull em over. And these guys, they were bad ass looking guys. You know, they have these vests on a said, c b p and yo. Look, they were all like weight lifters, tuffu, a
Speaker 3
big likeyo
Speaker 1
its rasyo, the monsters they produce. You would have never thought that you would be able to, like, you'd only see these guys in movies, like others, thes guys. Thi'd like o live every day like that. Ha, ha. So
Speaker 2
tat must be interested in your dad works for, works for the border patrol. Te pi. Won't let you follow him around and photograph his work? No,
Speaker 1
now he's more in to, he's a switched over, cause before he was a canine officer.
Speaker 3
O, silly.
Speaker 1
Yes, he was actually just walking the lines as people would cross in their cars with his canine, and just try to see if his dog could pick upon any drugs. Ah, but now he works inti. He works in in the sentry facility. So he's out processing people to get their sentries approved in or or disapproved, depending on what the situation might be. Am b, i think it's a lot of people kind of like, bring that up on me. O, or they'll be like, o, like, you do work on, you know, the mexican people? O, the border, and stuff like that. Like, how does i feel to have your dad be a c b p officer? And stuff like that. And it's like, i all tell people like my dad's a is loving human being. He he does not, he does not look at anybody the wrong way. He always gives people the benefit of the doubt. Ah, so it's like even theye, like theyre c b p officers, even b p officers, again, they're just human. They're just, they're just trying to get, they're just trying to get their pay tech and go, kind of thing. They're not, they're not doing it for systematic racism, or they're not, they don't do, i mean, again, theyre are bad apples to penny on but who they are, and everywhere, everywhere, and everything, but a, there's some real genuine people that just that don't see it that way. They just do it for the pay check. And so you knont when people bring up like, all, like, your dad's a c pc b p office, and you're doing stuff on this an si, my debt supports me a hundred %, because he knows who they are as well.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode