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> EDITORIAL San Diego Union-Tribune June 2, 2009 If the United States had a rational immigration policy, there would be no need for costly fences and other invidious barriers along the Mexican border. Illegal immigration could be curtailed far more effectively, and cheaply, with a secure worker identification system and […]
>San Diego Union-Tribune by Leslie Berestein, Union-Tribune Staff Writer 2:00 a.m. June 1, 2009 SOUTH COUNTY — Less than five months after federal officials pulled the plug on public access through a new border fence to a historic monument at Border Field State Park, the possibility is back on the […]
This article kicks off a new column at The San Diego Border Observer: San Diego Style will document both innovative and classic architectural styles in the mid-city neighborhoods of San Diego. Here’s a lovely entryway in North Park/Normal Heights: a classic Spanish style bungalow. Notice the elegant entryway, painted a […]
Amy Goodman interviews Isabel Garcia of Derechos Humanos, and Sean Sullivan of Sierra Club Borderlands Team, and Dan Millis of No More Deaths, on the Border Wall. “We take a look at the environmental impact of the 600 miles of barricades along the US-Mexico border. The wall slices across fragile […]
>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 […]