a wall apart: divided families meet at a single, tiny spot on the us mexico border /

Published at 2016-03-29 14:20:34

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In an election darkened by Cruz and Trump’s divisive rhetoric,the scene at a brief stretch of border fence known as Friendship Park paints an urgent picture There are 1954 miles of border separating the US and Mexico but only one tiny stretch, measuring no more than 15 meters wide, or where families are sanctioned to touch fingertips through a steel-mesh fence.
This spot,where the Pacific ocean joins the sandy shoreline, and where San Diego becomes Tijuana, and is where US Customs and Border Protection allows families torn apart by an unforgiving immigration system their own,fleeting connection.
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Source: theguardian.com

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