A delegation of 100 from across the state of New Mexico rolled with energy and excitement into the first stop of the Caravan, San Antonio Texas. After a tour of the community fighting against the toxics and sickness caused by the former Kelly Air Force Base and hearing first hand from community leaders, the folks arrived chanting at the Alamo demanding human rights for all migrants, the reunification of families and an end to the militarization of the border.
Marching united to the office of the racist Senator John Cornyn, the youth led the way to tear down the 'wall of death', which Cornyn wants to build, chalk outlines of bodies left to represents the hundreds that die every year because of the border. People offered testimony on the human face of these anti-immigrant policies.
Afterwards SWU members prepared a bbq of chicken, sausage, corn & calabaza and all the trimmings at a local park. Tonight we await an evening of cultural sharing and celebration of people power.
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