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6/14/24
A Vigil for Justice - Why We Went & What We Witnessed
April 10 - 24, 2024 Witness at the Border held A Vigil for Justice in Eagle Pass, Texas.
We went to stand with the people of Eagle Pass against the militarization of the city’s Shelby Park, which has denied locals access to their park or the Rio Grande River. Their daily lives have been disrupted by this intrusion, although they carry on as the resilient folks in the borderlands always do. Shelby Park is being used as a post for Texas Gov Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star to halt migration.
1/21/24
I have come away a firm believer in open borders...that catch word that is being demonized and misused. What if you were not allowed to flee a burning house, or watched your children starve, or never see a child/parent/family member again? The worst most of us would have to deal with if our borders were closed would be a canceled vacation. Most of us enjoy open borders while demonizing open borders for others. Think about it. (And, besides my bleeding heart, our country would reap the benefits)
1/19/24
Two days ago three of us rode in the car I had rented, along a section of the wall east of Sásabe, up and down the steep hills of mountainous terrain, to a camp set up to offer water, food, and the shelter of tarps and small tents to migrants who had been led by their coyotes to a place miles and miles away from the port of entry. When we arrived, it appeared that the camp was empty.
Until we saw, huddled under a tarp, a woman and her infant son.
1/18/21
Monday was MLK Day so we had a variety of service actions we could participate in. I spent my morning putting together feminine hygiene kits.
We caravaned from Ajo to Why and held a protest vigil in front of the station and watched as buses left the station.
Then we caravanned down to the Lukeville port of entry. Where we saw BP processing 45 people, many with babies.
