Photog snaps at fed lockout

The news media have been granted “zero access” at the US-Mexico border by the Biden administration, according to a Getty Images photographer at the crossing.

Journalists have flocked to the border in recent weeks to cover the crisis as tens of thousands of Central American migrants, including unaccompanied children, have attempted the dangerous journey.

But lens man John Moore says they have encountered restrictive conditions, with US authorities hampering their ability to tell the story.

“I respectfully ask US Customs and Border Protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations ,” Moore tweeted on Friday. “I have photographed CBP under Bush, O ba ma and Trump but now— zero access is granted to media.”

He included dramatic shots of the crossing, which he said he took from the Mexican side of the border using a telephoto lens, blocked from working in the US.

“Until now, US photojournalists haven’t needed to stand in another country to photograph what’s happening — in the United States,” Moore wrote.

“There’s no modern precedent for a full physical ban on media access to CBP border operations. To those who might say, cut them some slack — they are dealing with a situation, I’d say that showing the US response to the current immigrant surge is exactly the media’s role.”

Biden administration officials have repeatedly promised media access but have yet to put a hard date on when that would begin.