The Spring Break...March Against the Border Wall

jimpasz

Posted by editor on Friday, February 15 @ 07:50:29 MST

Email from Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr.

The Spring Break...March Against the Border Wall is a 9-day 115-mile walk from Roma, TX to Brownsville. It will start on March 8 and end on March 16 at the UTB campus. This protest walk/march is being organized by the academic community. It is designed to allow the students, many of which have friends and family on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande, to have a chance to be heard, whether they want to be condemned to a costly and grotesque border wall on American soil that cuts through their community and their land. What better time than Spring Break for the future leaders of America to speak up and be heard?

Through Border Ambassadors networking the 1250 mile Texas-Mexico from El Paso to Brownsville, the entire border region is not caving in, bowing down or bending over to the dictates of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. When it comes to our ecology, our environment, our economy, our culture, our history, our geology, our solidarity or our friendship, as long as we live in a democracy, "we the people" of the borderlands will have the final say. To Chertoff, the border is little more than a black line that runs the thread of the Rio Grande. In his mind, the border will be defined as a totalitarian "iron curtain" that will cut through people's lives and community and turn a culture of friendship into a war zone.

For those of us who live in this militarized zone, the region "inside checkpoints" on the north and every form of military surveillance on the south, the border is not a line, but the blend of we the people on both sides of the Rio Grande. It is diverse and tolerant. We get along, despite the political corruption, oppression and racist supremacy from the north. We are the poorest and most neglected region of the great state of Texas. Worse, we are the poorest region of then entire United States of America. Yet, today, because the Texas delegates will more than likely determine the Presidential candidates in the March 4 primaries, and therefore the next President, the Presidential hopefuls are rushing to South Texas to garner the predominantly Hispanic vote.

It will therefore be the vote here in South Texas that tips the scale in the presidential race. We the people "inside the checkpoints" on the Texas-Mexico border will not squander this opportunity. We will make THE difference.

Can we the people of the Texas-Mexico border shape the future of Texas and therefor the entire United States and therefore the world?

"We sure as hell can"

We will...

Jay

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Connecting the dots
...Making a difference

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Border Ambassadors
Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr.

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peanut · ALIPAC Activist Joined: Dec 12, 2006 Posts: 262

This is why anchor babies are bad, we need to get the 14th amendment repealed. No love for this country, no gratefulness for all they have been given. ( future leaders of America ) I hope it rains all week.

NoBueno · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

roundabout · ALIPAC Hero Elite Joined: Jun 25, 2007 Posts: 1931

"future leaders of America" Damn that is scary! Rolling Eyes

carolinamtnwoman · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject:

Perhaps the Border Ambassadors should focus their efforts on the origin of the problem rather than a possible outcome, which is to eliminate the magnets for attracting the massive influx of illegal immigrants into this country. If they are so concerned for the environment, take a look at the "trail of destruction" which the illegals leave behind. Then we shouldn't need an "iron curtain."

ShockedinCalifornia · ALIPAC Hero Elite Joined: Nov 10, 2006 Posts: 2088

Please pick up all the garbage and trash in the area while you are there.

USA_born · ALIPAC Titan Joined: Sep 04, 2007 Posts: 825

Right.
How about a clean-up of all the trash and garbage those "future leaders of America" leave along the way.
Do something constructive for a change.

usanevada · ALIPAC Super Hero Joined: Dec 09, 2007 Posts: 3801

""future leaders of America" Damn that is scary!"

I think they mean gang leaders

roundabout · ALIPAC Hero Elite Joined: Jun 25, 2007 Posts: 1931

LOL darnit usanevada, it is still scary. Shocked

Richard · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject:

Where have we heard that before? Oh yes

Today's undocumented students are America's future leaders.

-Janet Murguia-

NoBueno · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

More like spring break madness!

usanevada · ALIPAC Super Hero Joined: Dec 09, 2007 Posts: 3801

Well there will be a whole lot of minutemen down there at that time

I would assume they may be mistaken for a large group of illegals

That would be interesting

jamesw62 · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject:

wonder what would happen if those volunteers just started to toss the trash on the american side back on the mexican side?
_________________
How's that "hope and change" working for you now?

usanevada · ALIPAC Super Hero Joined: Dec 09, 2007 Posts: 3801

carolinamtnwoman · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject:

Oldglory · ALIPAC Instructor 2 Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 370

I can't believe the arrogance of these people. "We" will make a difference, lol. Sure thing, your little votes compared to the majority of this nation's votes are really going to tip the elections, lol. They are so full of themselves and so anti-American that they make me sick. These ethnocentrics have no respect for our laws and couldn't care less about border security. It's about the raza. Nothing else matters to them.

dad3war8ucks · Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:09 pm Post subject: Texas law

Do they need permits to march? Do the permits have time-of-day or other restrictions? Are local law enforcement people likely to be generous to the marchers? Do the permits list the organizers, something more specific than "the academic community"?

Will they stay in motels each of the eight nights?

usanevada · ALIPAC Super Hero Joined: Dec 09, 2007 Posts: 3801

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jimpasz · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:11 pm Post subject:

'No Border Wall Walk' Starts Monday

Updated: Feb 25, 2008 05:49 AM PST

A group in opposition of the border fence plans to walk across the Rio Grande Valley starting this morning.

The "No Border Wall Walk" kicks off at the University of Texas at Brownsville - Texas Southmost College and continues across the Valley to Starr County.

Organizer Jay Johnson-Castro said elected officials, students, area residents and many organizations are walking to draw attention to their opposition of the "border wall."

Some plan to walk a mile, an hour, part of a day or all day while others are planning to support all seven days.

Among the organizations participating in the protest are La Union del Pueblo Entero (L.U.P.E.), the Sierra Club, A.R.I.S.E., various church groups, the "No Border Wall Coalition" and the "Border Ambassadors".

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