Border Agent Annjeri Workman has spent the last three years patrolling the busiest stretch of the Texas-Mexico Border. Despite a campaign for a more diverse force, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has struggled to hire more female agents. '”Six years ago, she was managing a Nike store when she saw a recruiting poster for the Border Patrol at the airport. Her mother begged her to teach high school instead, but when the Border Patrol made an offer three years later, she joined. Two Border Patrol trucks drove by on the other side of the road, heading in from the midnight shift.

Source: Washington Post October 23, 2016 12:05 UTC