For half a century, families living on both sides of the border have reunited at Friendship Park. Now 30ft walls threaten the experience
, another Friends of Friendship Park leader, first visited the park in 2014, after he was deported from the US to Mexico.
“At first it was very difficult for me to go to Friendship Park. I could not look over the border wall into San Diego; it was too painful.” But he kept going, he said. Every Sunday he’d show up early, help unload chairs, set up the sound system and translate when needed. see their loved ones more clearly across the bollard fence. Vivar remembers one time his own son and two granddaughters met him at the wall. It “elevated the hope-meter”,, Vivar said, the Border church invited members of the local Muslim community to celebrate what he called Border mosque. The US
border patrol truck has been parked in front of it, ready to sound its siren if anyone gets too close. Vehicle access to this corner of Border Field state park is now dry and overgrown. On the Mexican side, he and his team of volunteers have cultivated flourishing local plants, established food beds and organised educational events. “The Kumeyaay people were coming here for 8,000 years, and this border’s been here for 170 or something, like a blink of an eye … So we’ve had native plant workshops where we invited Kumeyaay elders to the garden,” Watman said.
Friendship Circle refers to the area around the Monument, but not the binational garden, Watman said.Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images
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