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>News From Representative Raúl M. Grijalva7th Congressional District of Arizona April 23, 2009 Contact: Natalie Luna (520) 622-6788 office (520) 904-0375 cell Ruben Reyes (520) 940-7752 cell Grijalva Introduces Legislation to Protect and Conserve Public Lands along Border Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Raúl M. Grijalva introduced legislation that will […]
>April 1 at the beach near Friendship Park [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KJO3UJXXOg&hl=en&fs=1]
>Here’s a YouTube Video focusing on our actions of civil disobedience at Friendship Park and the border patrol’s heavy handed tactics, intimidation, and excessive use of force, preventing us from approaching the fence to join our fellow musicians. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyCeSRDLeuk&hl=en&fs=1]
>February 22, 2009 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f8Q2Z1wWIY&hl=en&fs=1]
San Diego–On Wednesday, April 8, Daniel Watman bravely stood in front of the bulldozers to stop the construction of the border wall in Friendship Park. Watman, who succeeded in expressing his message of friendship and nonviolence, was detained and cited for trespassing. A contested site for months now, Friendship Park […]
PRESS RELEASE March 31, 2009 Contact: DHS Press Office, 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano plans to travel to the Southwest border and Mexico April 1-3 to meet with Mexican leaders to work together on ways to combat drug violence and tour U.S. ports of entry to […]
>By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO | On Saturday, Feb 21, US Border Patrol forcibly denied US citizens access to Friendship Park, an historic plaza overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the US-Mexico Border. At noon, a group of 150 of us–local church choir members, university students, professors, human rights advocates, and […]
>San Diego Union-Tribune Sunday, February 22, 2009 Meeting place sealed off Border patrol agents prohibit access to Friendship Park by Penni Crabtree SOUTH COUNTY — In the end, immigration activists never made it to the site of yesterday’s planned demonstration, a plaza dubbed Friendship Park that sits on a bluff […]
>A small group of community members meet every Sunday afternoon at this unique park on the U.S./Mexico border, but how much longer will they be allowed to do so? http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2933608&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1One Sunday At Friendship Park from steev hise on Vimeo.
Comunicado de Prensa domingo, 18 de enero de 2009 17:00 P.M. Siguen Celebraciones en Friendship Park por Jill Holslin San Diego/Playas de Tijuana—A 13 días de que anunciaran El Departamento de Seguridad Interior (DHS) y la Patrulla Fronteriza de EE.UU. que Friendship Park estará cerrado permanentemente al público, se reúnieron […]