The Witness project โ the โsubversive act of seeingโ โ began outside the migrant child detention tent facility in Tornillo TX in 2018.
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Image: At the Rio Grande in Matamoros MX, looking towards Brownsville TX, 2020, by Margaret Seiler
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Bearing Witness
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Friday January 12th we heard a presentation from Dr. Greg Hess, the Pima County Medical Examiner.
๐ท cred Rosey Vogan
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Thursday January 11th
Jose & Maria Garcia and their daughter Ixchel offering assistance to asylum seekers in Sasabe AZ.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
Wednesday, January 10th, began with a journey to the border wall, a scenic drive that takes about an hour and a half from Tucson to Sasabe, traversing the desert landscape.
I have come away a firm believer in open borders...that catch word that is being demonized and misused. What if you were not allowed to flee a burning house, or watched your children starve, or never see a child/parent/family member again? The worst most of us would have to deal with if our borders were closed would be a canceled vacation. Most of us enjoy open borders while demonizing open borders for others. Think about it. (And, besides my bleeding heart, our country would reap the benefits)
Two days ago three of us rode in the car I had rented, along a section of the wall east of Sรกsabe, up and down the steep hills of mountainous terrain, to a camp set up to offer water, food, and the shelter of tarps and small tents to migrants who had been led by their coyotes to a place miles and miles away from the port of entry. When we arrived, it appeared that the camp was empty.
Until we saw, huddled under a tarp, a woman and her infant son.
To Right the Wrong: Border Stories
Filmmaker Richard Barber, a producer-editor at CBS News, made a series of short films between the summer of 2018 and January 2020. "To Right The Wrong: Border Storiesโ weaves these short films into a single 37-minute documentary, tracing the arc of Witness at the Border from the Texas-Mexico border to a Florida detention center and beyond.
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