The Border Chronicle: Residents Fight to Save the Binational Friendship Park
- catherinethiemann
- Mar 21, 2023
- 1 min read

For decades Friendship Park has been home to family reunions, binational art projects, and acts of solidarity. In January, the Biden administration began constructing two 30-foot walls through the park, which is the only federally designated meeting place on the U.S.-Mexico border for families unable to reunite for immigration reasons.
Read Q&A with Pedro Rios here.
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We need to reopen this park so that Mexican and Mexican Americans can meet each other again. It is cruel to deny this opportunity to families.