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Across Texas, border cities unite in protest of proposed US-Mexico Wall

Update 10/15/07: Use the following link to see what happened at the protests along the border...

NO%20WALL%20NO%20MURO%2010.12.pdf

(SWOP will be up in this one too. Call the office for more info: 505 247 8832)

Contact: Ruben Solis
Date October 10, 2007
Office 210.299.2666
Cell 210.378.5699

US/Mexico Border - Community leaders, residents and local organizations will join together to launch the ‘No Wall’ campaign along the Texas-Mexico border this weekend to send a message to the US government and the Department of Homeland Security that constructing wall is not a solution, but will rather worsen the situation for this already impoverished, under resourced region. Joining concerns of Mayors, Chambers of Commerce and religious leaders, Ruben Solis, native of Grulla, TX, explains, “the wall will only hamper a thriving cross-border economy, cut farmers and ranchers off from their land, further divide families and slice through wildlife refuges in one of the world's most ecologically diverse places.”

“The wall is a decision made in Washington, without the input or voices of the local communities and families it will devastate,” added youth organizer Sandra Garcia. “We demand that plans for the wall stop and local leaders participate in designing alternatives.”

Over 80 local, national and international organizations have joined the No Wall campaign representing labor, environmental, faith and women groups. With a deadline of October 15 to submit comments to the government, actions will collect testimonies about the potential impacts of the wall.

Friday Oct 12th
12:00pm
El Paso/Cd Juarez
Mx: Don B. Juarez Monument(11am)
US: 9th Ave & Oregon
March to Stanton (Lerdo) bridge
Ruben Solis 210.378.5699

Saturday Oct 13th
12:00pm
Del Rio, TX
Che Lopez 210.378.5132

and

Brownsville, TX
Allison Wilson Hope Park
1300 Levee (Int’l Gateway bridge)
Chavel Lopez 210.378.5548