AS WE APPROACHED THE BEACH, WE FELL SILENT. THE FAITH LEADERS READ OUT THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO DIED THIS PAST YEAR TRYING TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES. SUDDENLY THREE PELICANS SWOOPED ALONG THE TOP OF THE WAVES, A BLESSING, ON US. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR SUCH AN UGLY WALL TO DIVIDE PEOPLES. |
ANOTHER PREACHER REMINDED US THAT THE WALL IN THIS PARK IS SACRED GROUND WHERE PEOPLE CAN TOUCH EACH OTHER THRU THE FENCE - CONSTRUCTING THEIR LIVES ACROSS THE BORDER, CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING SEPARATED FROM YOUR LOVED ONES BY A WALL AND ARMED BORDER PATROL?
WE WERE THERE TO SHOW LOVE, CONFRONT THE EMPIRE, RESIST AND COMMIT TO CHANGING A SICK SYSTEM THAT LOCKS UP FAMILIES, SEPARATES FAMILIES AND CAUSES DEATH TO PEOPLE TRYING TO MIGRATE TO A SAFE PLACE.
PEDRO RIOS, AFSC STAFF IN SAN DIEGO, STATED: "IN THIS CALL FOR LOVE, A LOVE THAT KNOWS NO BORDERS, WE CENTER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGES (FOR ACTION)
- WE CALL UPON OUR GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT THE HUMAN RIGHT TO MIGRATE AND SEEK ASYLUM
- WE CALL FOR AN END TO THE MILITARIZATION OF BORDER COMMUNITIES
- WE CALL FOR AN END TO IMMIGRANT DETENTION AND DEFUNDING ICE AND CBP
THE WALL BETWEEN EAST AND WEST BERLIN FELL AND SO CAN THIS WALL THAT SEPARATES US FROM OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS!
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