Border fence to skirt Hope Park

November 08, 2009 9:49 PM
Laura B. Martinez
The Brownsville Herald

BROWNSVILLE — After months of waiting to learn if the border fence would cut through Alice Wilson Hope Park, city officials managed to work out a compromise with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Instead of cutting through the park, the fence will go around the bottom of the park. Also, it will be a “floating fenceâ€