Locals on the U.S.-Mexico border have long known Friendship Park as a space of unity. The border area, which links San Diego County and Tijuana, is under construction – and protest.ALTERNATIVE HEAD: US-Mexico border park – a time capsule of border politics
Friends of Friendship Park has been calling for President Biden to change his plans to construct a 30-foot wall through the historical meeting place in the southwest corner of the border.
Two separate groups of protesters gathered outside of the Point Loma Naval Base hoping to capture the President's attention, including the parents of a Navy Lieutenant jailed in Japan.
The Border Church, or La Iglesia Fronteriza, is not a building or if it is, it only has a single wall. Instead, it is a weekly bilingual, interdenominational service held simultaneously on either side of the US-Mexico border.