Witness at the Border’s Journey for Justice caravan along the US-Mexico border held an event December 2 at Xeriscape Park in Brownsville, TX, where they used a projector to display slogans such as ‘No More Deaths’ on the structure above the international border crossing. Photo/Bob Lee, People’s Tribune
Witness at the Border’s Journey for Justice, partnering with over 40 groups, are on a 2,200-mile border pilgrimage along the entire length of the US-Mexico border. “Dozens of activists from all over the country will commemorate those who have died at the US-Mexico border – 2022 was a record year, 856 deaths as of October 22 – and highlight the injustice of our immigration policies. “We will begin at the mouth of the Río Grande on the Gulf of Mexico and travel to the Pacific, where a wall cuts cruelly into the sea….,” said Joshua Rubin, founder of Witness at the Border. “The southern border, with its bollards and razor wire and assault weapons, is the visible face of fear,” said Rubin. “People who are afraid feel they cannot afford to be generous, to recognize the humanity in the faces of those driven to find new homes with us. The Journey for Justice is an opportunity to look at those faces and to welcome them.” Please go to witnessattheborder.org for more information.
On this page are some photos from the Journey for Justice visit to Brownsville, Texas.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS ‚ This Haitian couple and their son traveled from Chile through the Darién Gap, crossing 13 countries to get to the United States. They were in Brownsville, Texas when this photo was taken. PHOTO/Laura Garcia, Tribuno del PuebloBROWNSVILLE,TX —A young couple from Venezuela with their one-week-old baby girl, who was born in Mexico. They are pictured here at the offices of Team Brownsville, which offers assistance such as clothing and hygiene kits to migrants and refugees seeking asylum in the US. The couple had traveled from Venezuela to Mexico before reaching Brownsville. Members of the Journey for Justice caravan organized by Witness at the Border met them at Team Brownsville before they boarded a bus heading to their final destination, Washington D.C. PHOTO/Bob Lee, People’s TribuneBROWNSVILLE, TX — One of the places some people from the caravan visited today to both observe and volunteer at was Team Brownsville. Photo/Laura Garcia, Tribuno del Pueblo.BROWNSVILLE, TX — Bob Lee of the People’s Tribune interviews Andrea Rudnik, a co-founder of Team Brownsville, which assists migrants and refugees in Brownsville, Texas. PHOTO/Laura Garcia, Tribuno del Pueblo
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