It is remarkably easy to create a border. Sometimes, all it takes is a line. We draw borders consciously and unconsciously. We divide rooms, neighborhoods, cities, nations, and even people. We learn to recognize where something ends and something else begins. Over time, these divisions become so familiar that we rarely question who created them, why they were created, or what happens to the people who live between them. Perhaps we have also learned to build borders as a form

Don Chepito lived in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. During certain seasons, he left his home to make a living. He traveled north in search of work, in search of a future, perhaps simply in search of a way to make life a little better for his family. He used to tell me stories about those journeys. Many of them took place during the 1950s and 1960s, when he traveled to Hatch, New Mexico, to work in the fields. He remembered those trips with remarkable humor. Perhaps humor mad

A border draws a line. It marks a boundary. It tells us where something begins and where something else ends. Border symbolism can be used to separate territories, protect spaces, and regulate different forms of crossing. But borders are not always built with concrete, steel, or fences. Sometimes, we wear them. La Máscara In lucha libre, the mask hides a face while simultaneously creating an identity. This is the paradox of la máscara de luchador. The luchador covers himself