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Times Photojournalist Omar Ornelas: Charles E. Green Star Award photos.

A migrant pleads with a Texas National Guard to let his family pass the concertina wire on the embankment of the Rio Grande to join hundreds of other migrants who surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 40 minutes before Title 42 was set to expire. The migrants were refused access to U.S. territory.
A migrant pleads with a Texas National Guard to let his family pass the concertina wire on the embankment of the Rio Grande to join hundreds of other migrants who surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 40 minutes before Title 42 was set to expire. The migrants were refused access to U.S. territory.
Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times
Traffic is seen at the intersections of Paisano Drive and Stanton Street as commuters head south to Mexico.
Traffic is seen at the intersections of Paisano Drive and Stanton Street as commuters head south to Mexico.
Omar Ornelas/ El Paso Times
Texas Gov. Abbott hands a letter to President Joe Biden during the presidentÕs arrival in El Paso, Texas on Jan. 8, 2022. The president visited the border city prior to heading the to North American Summit in Mexico City.
Texas Gov. Abbott hands a letter to President Joe Biden during the presidentÕs arrival in El Paso, Texas on Jan. 8, 2022. The president visited the border city prior to heading the to North American Summit in Mexico City.
Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times
Spectator enjoy the Tuff Hedeman Tour bull riding competition in El Paso, Texas at the El Paso County Coliseum on Feb. 4, 2023.
Spectator enjoy the Tuff Hedeman Tour bull riding competition in El Paso, Texas at the El Paso County Coliseum on Feb. 4, 2023.
Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times
Texas National Guard troops added additional layers of concertina wire on the north embankment of the Rio Grande after a group of migrants crossed the international boundary and wanted to turn themselves into Border Patrol agents in order to seek asylum in the U.S. on Sept. 12, 2023. Many of the migrants had arrived on a train from Chihuahua City to Ciudad Juarez earlier in the day.
Texas National Guard troops added additional layers of concertina wire on the north embankment of the Rio Grande after a group of migrants crossed the international boundary and wanted to turn themselves into Border Patrol agents in order to seek asylum in the U.S. on Sept. 12, 2023. Many of the migrants had arrived on a train from Chihuahua City to Ciudad Juarez earlier in the day.
Omar Ornelas / El Paso Times
A horse takes a fall during the second race on Labor Day for at the All American Weekend at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino on Sept. 4, 2023.
A horse takes a fall during the second race on Labor Day for at the All American Weekend at Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino on Sept. 4, 2023.
Omar Ornelas El Paso Times
Viangly Infante Padrón cries leaning on an ambulance as her husband is attended to by medics after a fire broke out at a Mexican facility center in Juarez on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Viangly Infante Padrón cries leaning on an ambulance as her husband is attended to by medics after a fire broke out at a Mexican facility center in Juarez on Monday, March 27, 2023.
Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times
Migrants head north to Ciudad Juárez from Chihuahua City after being forced to leave a rail yard, where they had the intention of riding on top of a train car on Sept. 23, 2023.
Migrants head north to Ciudad Juárez from Chihuahua City after being forced to leave a rail yard, where they had the intention of riding on top of a train car on Sept. 23, 2023.
Omar Ornelas / El Paso Times
The body of a Guatemalan migrant is recovered by Juárez forensic officials after she was found dead in a canyon just south of the international boundary. In the background, the lights of Sunland Park, New Mexico, can be seen on Nov. 7, 2023.
The body of a Guatemalan migrant is recovered by Juárez forensic officials after she was found dead in a canyon just south of the international boundary. In the background, the lights of Sunland Park, New Mexico, can be seen on Nov. 7, 2023.
Omar Ornelas / El Paso Times
A father and his migrant son cross the contaminated Rio Grande to see if the Texas National Guard would allow them to turn themselves to U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 12, 2023.
A father and his migrant son cross the contaminated Rio Grande to see if the Texas National Guard would allow them to turn themselves to U.S. Border Patrol on Sept. 12, 2023.
Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times
Grave 2241 is marked on a stake on what is a grave for unidentified bodies at the San Rafael Municipal cemetery in Juárez. There are few crosses scarred with names of loved ones that have been successfully identified but for unknown reasons were not exhumed from the common grave.
Grave 2241 is marked on a stake on what is a grave for unidentified bodies at the San Rafael Municipal cemetery in Juárez. There are few crosses scarred with names of loved ones that have been successfully identified but for unknown reasons were not exhumed from the common grave.
Omar Ornelas / El Paso Times
Paul Jamrowski, the father of Jordan Anchondo and father-in-law of Andre Anchondo, cries as he talks about his loved ones who were killed by the Walmart shooter on Aug. 3, 2019 outside the Albert Armendariz Sr. Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas, on July 5, 2023.
Paul Jamrowski, the father of Jordan Anchondo and father-in-law of Andre Anchondo, cries as he talks about his loved ones who were killed by the Walmart shooter on Aug. 3, 2019 outside the Albert Armendariz Sr. Federal Courthouse in El Paso, Texas, on July 5, 2023.
Omar Ornelas/ El Paso Times