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La Posada at Border Fence.

Press Release from FFP regarding the danger of the wall construction to the Tijuana Estuary.

Letter to Secretary Nepolitano.

Dan Watman arraigned.

June 2009, Homeland Security should reopen Friendship Park--Steve Breen. Read the UT editorial.

June 2009, Federal Officials create opening over border fence public access. Click here for UT article.

Dan Watman receives award for Friends of Friendship Park.

On Sunday, March 1, 2009 a Border Patrol Agent threatened a guy on crutches. See the youtube video clip.

On Sunday, February 21, 2009, United States Border Patrol (USBP) agents forcibly denied U.S. citizens access to Friendship Park, an historic plaza overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced their intent to impose a permanent ban on all public access to the historic location.

Go here for more information on 2/21/09.



Media about Friendship Park

 
  • City Beat: Designing Dignity article about James Brown's plan for Friendship Park
    		• 12/15/2010
  • KPBS: Legal Case Against Friendship Park Activist Continues
    		• 6/10/2009
  • SD Union Tribune: Homeland Security should reopen Friendship Park
    		• 6/2/2009
  • SD Union Tribune: Federal Officials create opening over
    border fence public access
    		• 6/1/2009
  • Voice of San Diego: Bersin rumored for Top Border Job
    		• 3/12/09
  • ABC: Good Fences Don't Make Good Neighbors
    		• 3/12/09
  • Common Dreams: Non-profit sues Feds over Border Fence
    		• 3/11/09
  • Press release on the withholding of records related to border wall construction in Texas
    		•  3/11/09
  • Photographers Focus on Border Wall's Impact on Wildlife & Environment
    		•  3/1/2009
  • Rio Grande Guardian: A Requiem for Friendship Park
    		•  3/1/2009
  • KUSI 10 News: Last Days of Friendship Park
    		• 2/23/2009
  • El Sol de Tijuana: Apoyan grupos activistas de Estados Unidos a migrantes
    		•  2/23/2009
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Meeting place sealed off
    		•  2/22/2009
  • You Tube Video with Minute Man footage
    		• 2/22/2009
  • Rio Grande Guardian: Why Friendship Park mattered
    		•  2/21/2009
  • La Cronica: Minute Man interrumpen manifestación pacífica
    		• 2/21/2009
  • EcoDiario: Cerró el Parque de la Amistad en la frontera entre EEUU y México
    		•  2/21/2009
  • El Universal: Cierran Parque de la Amistad en frontera de Tijuana
    		•  2/21/2009
  • Aztecasd: No Al Cierre Del Parque De La Amistad
    		•  2/20/2009
  • North Jersey: A fenced-in feeling
    		• 2/20/2009
  • Washington Post: Beloved Parts of the Border Change Overnight
    		• 2/19/2009
  • Hispanopolis: Activistas buscan "salvar" el Parque de la Amistad
    		•  2/12/2009
  • NPR: Fence Supplants 'Friendship' At U.S.-Mexico Border
    		•  2/9/2009
  • El Mexicano: Destruyen el Parque de la Amistad en la frontera
    		•  1/31/2009
  • North County Times: In about-face, Border Patrol to bar public access at park
    		•  1/24/2009
  • News on the Line: Friendship Park Communion Continues
    		•  1/19/2009
  • Stairs to No Where: Friendship Park Closed to make Room for Triple Fence
    		• 1/17/2009
  • El Siglo de Torreon: Dividen con barda al Parque de la Amistad México-California
    		•  1/09/2009
  • SD Union Tribune: Popular border spot won't be accessible
    		•  1/09/2009
  • KUSI 9 News: Unfriendly Fence Divides Friendship Park
    		•  1/09/2009
  • Mercury News: Border Patrol to build border fence at park
    		•  1/07/2009
  • LA Times: Friendship Park's intended purpose is lost in fog of border
    		•  1/06/2009
  • NC Times: Friendship Park in dispute over border fence
    		•  12/31/2008
  • El Universal: Cierran Parque de la Amistad en frontera de Tijuana
    		•  2/21/2009
  • Diariosandiego: Este muro va a caer
    		•  11/19/2008
  • Harold Tribune: U.S.-Mexico border fence will split friendship park
    		•  10/22/2008
  • NY Times: New Fence Will Split a Border Park
    		•  10/21/2008
  • The Washington Post: A Growing Divide at the Border
    		•  10/19/2008
  • Christian Century: Border Crossing
    		• 10/07/2008
  • San Diego UT: Expanding the border fence in the San Diego sector
    		•  8/16/2008