Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 3, 2008

Under surveillance: El Paso border wall protest


Vigil Against the Wall in El Paso, October 1, 2008

By Carlos Marentes

EL PASO -- As you may have witnessed, the Border Patrol officers in charge of protecting the wall, became visibly nervous when they saw so many people protesting at the site. They were watching us from the entrance at the top of the border since the beginning of our peaceful vigil.(Aren't they supposed to be looking south to "protect" this nation instead of watching towards the American side?)
Many people participated in our vigil including small children and old people as well as whole families from the vicinity of the construction site. It was a peaceful gathering of people of faith opposed to the wall. All of us had candles and were following the matachines of our Lady of Guadalupe in a religious kind of procession.

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