There Is a Wall Along the Mexico-U.S.A. Border and I Want To Show What It Really Looks Like · Global Voices
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This story by Rodrigo Borges Delfim originally appeared on MigraMundo on January 31, 2017. Its is respublished here as part of a partnership between MigraMundo and Global Voices.
Contrary to what Donald Trump says, there is already a Mexico-U.S. wall. It covers about 1,000 km of the 3,200 km border between the two countries and its construction began during Bill Clinton’s administration (1993-2000).
There is an area along this border that is covered by a binational park — Friendship Park (or Parque de la Amistad, in Spanish) — where people from both sides can interact with each other, despite severe restrictions by the Border Patrol.
