Opinion: Friendship Park by San Diego and Tijuana deserves more from the Biden administration [Opinion]
visitors on the U.S. side of the border to communicate with friends and family located in Mexico on the other side of the primary barrier like in years past.” But Friends of Friendship Park — the binational group that has championed the park for decades — questioned CBP’s claims. It said the plan was “antithetical with the park’s original purpose to celebrate cross-border friendship” and reflected the agency’s rejection of public comments, which overwhelmingly opposed the 30-foot wall.
In a telephone interview with an editorial writer on Friday, Rep. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, said he had been reassured by acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller that the revised plan would actually expedite gatherings, allowing “families to come and have picnics.
If the White House should heed anyone on this topic, it’s Vargas. He thinks progress on major border issues like lack of staffing at U.S. ports of entry and the massive traffic lines that this causes is possible ifappreciate that increasing staffing can both improve border security and boost the $250 billion binational regional economy.
This pragmatic approach has far more potential to yield progress than arguments offered by an administration with no coherent organizing view of immigration — one more interested in lip service to a lot of people than lasting gains. Friendship Park is a symbol of the good intent of many people on both sides of the border. Its importance should be elevated during any makeover of the border area where it is located. Instead, the Biden administration grudgingly treats the park as a footnote.
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