SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS MISSION, TEXAS - March 2, 2019: Gaby Brown, 15, attends her quinceñera. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 16. 2019: Carolina Sierra, 15, and her boyfriend Juan Carlos Ruvalcaba, 15, hang out at the mall. Carolina lives in Brownsville while her boyfriend crosses the bridge to visit her from Matamoros. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 17, 2019: Emily Gurwitz,18, puts on makeup before a dance recital with Melba's Dance Company. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS MATAMOROS, MEXICO - February 23, 2019: Jocelyn Guzman, 17, heads to her gym in Matamoros, Mexico, where she lives. She attends high school in Brownsville, Texas. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 28. 2019: Jocelyn Guzman, 17, crosses the Brownsville - Matamoros Gateway International Bridge to go home to Matamoros after school. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 20, 2019: Lesly Urbina, 16, poses for a portrait in her bedroom in a colonia. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 15, 2019: Isabella Ruiz, 14, pumps gas with her father. She has had a rough start to the year. After her father, who is undocumented, was picked up by ICE, her grandmother in Houston died, her brother got sick and was hospitalized, and now the family is having trouble paying bills-- they've gone the month without running water at the house. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 16. 2019: Carolina Sierra, 15, and her boyfriend Juan Carlos Ruvalcaba, 15, hang out at the mall. Carolina lives in Brownsville while her boyfriend crosses the bridge to visit her from Matamoros. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS WESLACO, TEXAS - February 25, 2019: Gwen Burnias, 17, prepares to welcome her baby with her boyfriend Michael, 16. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 23, 2019: Lesly Urbina, 16, attends her niece's birthday party in her backyard. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 17, 2019: Emily Gurwitz, 18, waits offstage during her dance company's receital. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS MATAMOROS, MEXICO - March 1, 2019: Jocelyn Guzman, 18, hosts friends at a restaurant for her 18th birthday party. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 14, 2019: Karime, 14, and Aniza, 15, take pictures on top of a parking garage overlooking the Brownsville - Matamoros bridge and the border fence between Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Mexico. Both girls live in Matamoros. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 21, 2019: Isabella Ruiz, 14, goes to school at McAllen High School. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 15, 2019: Emily Gurwitz, 18, plays soccer with her high school team, of which she is the captain. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS NUEVO PROGRESO, MEXICO - February 22, 2019: Clara Medina, 15, gives a pedicure to a 'Winter Texan'. Clara lives with one of her parents in a colonia in Tamaulipas, Mexico. She left school after primary school and works 7 days a week at the nail salon to help support her family. She had never crossed the border into the United States. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 16. 2019: A girl on the phone with her best friend at the mall in Brownsville. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 16. 2019: Carolina Sierra, 15, and her boyfriend Juan Carlos Ruvalcaba, 15, hang out at the mall. Carolina lives in Brownsville while her boyfriend crosses the bridge to visit her from Matamoros. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 17, 2019: Emily Gurwitz, 18, gets ready for her dance receital with Melba's Dance Company. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 20, 2019: BEVERLY GODINEZ, 16, does homework at her home in Alamo, where she lives in a small, Christian housing community. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - February 21, 2019: Isabella Ruiz, 14, goes to school at McAllen High School. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 24, 2019: Beverly Godinez, 16, eats tacos with her family in Alamo. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS - February 28. 2019: A group of girls march in a parade during Charro Days in Brownsville, Texas. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 23, 2019: Lesly Urbina, 16, attends her niece's birthday party in her backyard. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 24, 2019: A friend from church, Naomi Lopez, prays over Beverly Godinez, 16, in Alamo. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS WESLACO, TEXAS - February 25, 2019: Gwen Burnias, 17, prepares to welcome her baby with her boyfriend Michael, 16. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS ALAMO, TEXAS - February 24, 2019: Beverly Godinez, 16, goes to the pulga (flea market) with her family. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS MATAMOROS, MEXICO - March 1, 2019: Jocelyn Guzman, 18, hosts friends at a restaurant for her 18th birthday party. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - March 2, 2019: Gaby Brown, 15, gets ready for her quinceañera in McAllen. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS McALLEN, TEXAS - March 11, 2019: Gaby Brown, 15, and Camilla Miller, 14, hang out in a bowling alley in McAllen. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS WESLACO, TEXAS - March 10, 2019: Gwen Burnias, 17, and her boyfriend Mikey, welcome their baby Jaxon to Mikey's grandparents' home, where the couple lives. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS WESLACO, TEXAS - March 10, 2019: Gwen Burnias, 17, and her boyfriend Mikey, welcome their baby Jaxon to Mikey's grandparents' home, where the couple lives. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
SAVE FOR VALLEY GIRLS WESLACO, TEXAS - March 10, 2019: Gwen Burnias, 17, and her boyfriend Mikey, welcome their baby Jaxon to Mikey's grandparents' home, where the couple lives. Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times