these pictures were taken by air force sergeant stacy pearsall. she is one of a very small number women to have been admitted to the elite ranks of combat photographers. >> i joined the air force at 17. it just seemed the natural thing to do since the majority of my family served in one branch of the military or another. and the military history of my family goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. >> reporter: she spent four years processing film from u-2 spy planes before she became a member of what is virtually an all male club. >> so, i was pretty excited when i got my acceptance into that unit. and, there was always gonna be those few in the bunch that are sort of the naysayers as to how successful you will or won't be as a female in that unit. and that made it really tough. >> reporter: pearsall says some were downright hostile. >> i had a guy tell me to my face that he didn't believe that women belonged in the military and that they're better served in the kitchen. >> reporter: pearsall says that >> i felt, as a woman, that i did not

henderson with immigration and customs enforcement, or i.c.e., runs this sprawling detention facility in pearsall where illegal immigrants are processed before they're deported. as many as 120 at a time. on this day, detainees from 64 countries fill the cells. >> we have approximately 38% of the detainees have known criminal backgrounds. 62% of the detainees are here for immigration violations. >> reporter: ivis lopez has both. convicted of drug possession charges and deported once before. why keep coming back? >> for my kids. >> reporter: lopez and the other hondurans board what's called i.c.e. air, a virtual airline run by the u.s. government that flies anywhere in the world. 160,000 people were deported by these private charters last year at the cost of about $750 each. that's around $120 million. >> i really don't know what to do once i get there. so i even got a headache just to think about everything, like what i'm going to do. >> reporter: landing in honduras those once in shackles walk free. but ivis lopez hardly feels liberated. he heads to visit his blind grandmother, the only family he