Move is called last-ditch effort to save park famous for allowing separated families to connect across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Nearly 200 people marched, carried signs and chanted Sunday during a protest of federal plans to build two large walls across Friendship Park, which is famous for allowing separated families to connect across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Protesters gathered Sunday morning at Border Field State Park and demonstrated for roughly two hours before marching a mile and a half through marshland and across a sandy beach to Friendship Park. Protesters march past the U.S.-Mexico border fence at Friendship Park on May, 21, 2023 in San Diego, CA.
Fanestil said President Joe Biden could halt construction with a simple executive order, which would give critics a year to come up with an architectural design for a newly envisioned Friendship Park. Protester Graciella Chong drove to the border from North County Sunday because she said the park and the walls are important issues.Protester Melissa Maher drove from Spring Valley because she considers the park an important symbol.
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