The project, which has been controversial, is expected to last six months and include installation of 30-foot and 18-foot sections of barrier
Construction to replace the border barriers at Friendship Park began Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.
For years, the binational park has served as a meeting point in Tijuana and Imperial Beach for families unable to reunite due to their immigration status, even if it is through mesh that limits contact to the tips of their fingers. The work scheduled to begin this week is to replace about half a mile of the existing secondary fence with a 30-foot-high fence.
The initial construction stage will not impact the Friendship Park meeting point or the binational garden located adjacent to the primary fence and east of Friendship Park, the agency said. John Fanestil deposits a letter in a gift bag left outside Border Patrol offices in Chula Vista as part of a demonstration on Monday.
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