Border Wall / Friendship Park
>November 14, 2008 – By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Nine political leaders in San Diego city, state and federal government are calling upon the President-Elect Barack Obama Transition Team to intervene to save Friendship Park. Following efforts in other states like Texas, where a coalition of local and […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
> By Jill Holslin San Diego, CA | Friendship Park, a small and unassuming spot near a beach in San Diego-Tijuana, is suddenly getting national and international media attention. This half-acre plaza overlooking the beautiful shores of the Pacific ocean at the southmost corner of the continental United States is […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
Are We Being Fair to the Border Patrol? by Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA | On Thursday, Sept 18, 2008 Border Meetup Director Dan Watman was detained by the Border Patrol in Friendship Park, a small concrete plaza and public park located along the border fence in Border Field State Park, […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park / Smuggler's Gulch
From the SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE August 16, 2008 NO: It will destroy a relationship symbolized by Friendship Park By John Fanestil The Department of Homeland Security will erect a secondary fence across Friendship Park, eliminating public access to a historic place where for generations people from San Diego and […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
> By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA, 1 June 2008- The presence of border patrol surveillance, a force clearly intended to intimidate, couldn’t suppress our delight with the sparkling Pacific waves, sunny skies and fresh breezes in Border Field State Park. Nor could the aggressive militarization of the border that we […]