March 5, 2026 - Thursday - Today we were back in Rancho Cucamonga, CA to visit the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art. Their latest exhibit is called "Hostile Terrain 94." In 1994, the United States Border Patrol formally implemented the immigration enforcement strategy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence.” With heightened security measures at urban points of entry, undocumented migrants were forced to traverse extremely treacherous environments (land dubbed "Hostile Terrain" by the U. S. Border Patrol) such as the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona. This exhibition seeks to humanize and bring visibility to the harsh realities of the U.S.–Mexico border, where migrant deaths have occurred almost daily since 1994.
The museum walls are mapped out with "toe tags" where bodies have been found in our border states. It's very powerful since over 8,100 bodies have been found since the "Deterrence Policy" was implemented in 1994.
These are some of the women's items collected in the area.
These sheets document the 8,100 people whose bodies were found within our border areas.
It is a very emotional exhibit to see.
After the museum we had lunch at our new Rancho Cucamonga favorite, Ozen. It's a casual restaurant offering Japanese cuisine such as sushi, seafood, and tempura.
The portions only look small because we starting eating before I took the pictures. We both had their sautéed asparagus.
We also both had their shrimp tempura that is delicious. I ate the fifth shrimp before this picture was shot.
We have always enjoyed our meals here.
