In Arizona, people are feeling the impact of President Biden s order to halt border wall construction. While the wall s presence has already had a profound impact on border communities, its enduring legacy under a new president remains unclear. Amna Nawaz reports.
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Judy Woodruff:
We have been focusing in-depth this week on President Biden s plans to reset the country s immigration policies.
Tonight, we check in from Arizona, where communities already are feeling the effects of the new president s order to halt border wall construction. The wall s presence has had a profound impact.
Its legacy, though, remains unclear.
by Kathy Melvin | Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Mark Adams, in the red hood, begins to gather participants at the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Jenea Sanchez)
LOUISVILLE â On a cool Arizona Sunday afternoon, mission co-workers Miriam Maldonado Escobar and the Rev. Mark Adams gathered with group of Christians on the border between Agua Prieta, Mexico, and Douglas, Arizona, for a prayer pilgrimage in solidarity with the âNot Another Footâ movement to call for an end of the massive border wall spanning the entire Southern border of the United States.
âWe come here today with groups all along the border who are calling out ânot another foot,â a call to halt the continued destruction of Godâs Creation,â said Adams. âAt this border between two nations we come together as a common humanity to join our voices and to commit ourselves to working for the day when walls will not divide us and where borders will be places of encounter and not d