Elise Swain

A view across the bay as seen through a small rust hole in the lighthouse at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, on June 25, 2023.

Water at the Guantánamo Bay marina changes from green to red as flood lights turn on at night.

An American flag flies at the Office of Military Commissions building in Guantánamo Bay on June 27, 2023.

Red flood lights at night illuminate the dock and surrounding waters at the marina at Guantánamo Bay on June 28, 2023.

An Army military police soldier allows a photograph while questioning me outside Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay on June 27, 2023.

Left: A statue of Ronald McDonald in the Guantánamo Bay lighthouse museum. Right: A clear plastic tube from a dehumidifier drains into the museum’s bathroom sink.

Iguanas fight at the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites hotel at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

A view from the Skyline overlook is the closest I was able to get to photograph Camp X-Ray, nearly invisible in the lower center right, at Guantánamo Bay on June 28, 2023.

Top: “Free Candy” written on the back of a dirty government transport van. Bottom: A Blackwater logo spray painted on the tents near Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay on June 27, 2023

Lt. Cmdr. Adam Cole shows media the beach, left, and wears a “Don’t Tread on Me” patch on his Navy fatigues, right.

A lone chair, left, and a 21+ wristband, right, photographed inside the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites hotel on June 25, 2023.

Wayne Fields Jr. stands at his family home, across the street from the former Gainesville dump behind Williams Elementary, on Dec. 30, 2023. He and his father both attended the school, and Fields Jr. says they have both experienced health issues, including asthma.

Caution tape hangs over a bare patch of soil at Lincoln Middle School in Gainesville, Fla., on Dec. 30, 2023.

Wayne Fields in Gainesville, Fla., on Dec. 30, 2023.

A pane of glass on a classroom door at Williams Elementary reflects the site of the former dump in Gainesville, Fla., on Dec. 30, 2023.

Classrooms at Williams Elementary seen on Dec. 30, 2023, in Gainesville, Fla. At one point in 2020, soil samples taken from the school contained levels of carcinogenic chemicals up to 218 times higher than what is safe for residential neighborhoods.

Angie Fox outside her home on Jan. 14, 2023, in The Villages, Fla. © Elise Swain/The Intercept

Residents enjoy an outdoor street fair at Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages on Jan. 14, 2023.

The Rev. Kaji Dousa looks out along Park Avenue as the sun sets on the Park Avenue Christian Church in New York City on Jan. 19, 2022.

Dousa points to a page in her lawsuit against DHS, ICE, and CBP, which states that her SENTRI, the CBP program for expedited processing at border crossings, was “revoked” in New York City on Jan. 19, 2022.

Al Diaz-Larui, a Marine veteran, and current Chipotle worker, poses for a portrait in the Local 32BJ headquarters in New York City. Chipotle managers have cut his work schedule as a grill cook from 30 hours a week to an unlivable 12 hours.

A Chipotle storefront in Union Square, New York City.

Tracy McCarter shows the open wound beneath a Band-Aid caused by her pretrial electric monitoring system device on May 2, 2021.

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Tracy McCarter photographed in the backyard of her home in New York on May 2, 2021.

Tracy McCarter pets Snuffles, her 10-year-old dog.

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, as seen through reflective glass on July 16, 2019.

Teenagers kiss in Highland Park in Brooklyn, New York on June 7, 2023. Air quality advisories went into effect on June 7th for all five boroughs of New York City. Residents were urged to stay indoors as heavy smoke from wildfires raging in Canada settled over much of New England.

Air quality advisories went into effect on June 7th, 2023 for all five boroughs of New York City. Residents were urged to stay indoors as heavy smoke from wildfires raging in Canada settled over much of New England.

Men play music in the Highland Park parking lot in Brooklyn, New York on June 7, 2023. Air quality advisories went into effect on June 7th for all five boroughs of New York City. Residents were urged to stay indoors as heavy smoke from wildfires raging in Canada settled over much of New England.

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