Using old Barbies, a New Yorker living in the East Village restores the toys as gifts for the children, who are migrants. Most of them have traveled with their families for months to get to the US border, usually fleeing poor economies and dangerous situations at home.
Barbara Lakin sits on a bus in New York City, her fingers busy sewing blue thread into a tiny dress. On the seat beside her, six disheveled Barbie dolls stick out of her backpack.
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