Border Town: Tijuana/San Diego
[Version en ingles; vease abajo para la version en espanol.]
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Yesterday, we stood on the Mexican side of the Mexico-US border and watched as families connected across the wall.
Of the nearly 2,000 miles of wall dividing the US and Mexico, it’s only the patch you see here–probably about 20 feet in length–where people from each side are allowed by the US Customs and Border Patrol agents to talk with one another across the fence.
Clearly, we’ve got our own feelings and political opinions about the wall, but sometimes pictures, as the old saying goes, are worth 1,000 words.
Or more.
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Ayer, nos detuvimos en el lado mexicano de la frontera entre Mexico y los Estados Unidos, y vimos a muchas familias comunicandose a traves de las rejas que separan los dos paises.
De las 2,000 millas de pared que divide los Estados Unidos y Mexico, este es el unico pedazo–quizas de 20 pies de largo– donde las personas que viven del otro lado se les estan permitidos acercarse para hablar con sus familiares al otro lado.
Obviamente, nosotros tenemos nuestros propios sentimientos e opiniones politicas sobre la muralla, pero a veces las fotos hablan 1000 veces mas fuertes que las palabras, como dice el dicho.
O quizas mas aun.
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October 7th, 2008 at 11:42 am
The pictures do speak a lot. Maybe some day the world would be without borders
October 7th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Powerful photos!. Quite the outdoor prison.
The wall jaunting into the sea got me thinking – how far out does it go? Can someone swim around it at a certain point?
October 7th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Lola- You could swim around it. In fact, you can actually cross to the other side through the wall. But the US Customs and Border Patrol agents are sitting right on top of the hill–just outside the frame of the photo–watching to make sure people don’t.
October 7th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I had no idea…this makes me sad.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Sarah-
What’s even sadder is the fact that the US allegedly has plans to put up another wall and control the visits, as if the family members were in a prison.
October 11th, 2008 at 4:24 am
This just makes me sad. Why do we do stupid things like this?