Hands Across el Rio...a 1250 mile...
16 day protest against the border wall

August 25 through September 9

We are not launching as early as anticipated...but the launch date is going to be worth the wait. Yesterday, we received the commitment of El Paso to support our project with a press conference on August 25th and a send off on August 26th. Folks in the Big Bend region want to support the Presidio-Ojinaga event on August 28th. Both Mayors of Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña are pledged to support the event 31st. Mayor Chad Foster of Eagle Pass is in touch with the Alcalde of Piedras Negras to receive us on September 1st.

Mexican Congresswoman, Maria Dolores Gonzales-Mendivil will lead the coordination of Los Dos Laredos Hands Across el Rio on September 2nd. She is also coordinating support to the four Mexican neighboring states of Texas, the alcaldes along el Rio Bravo (mayors on the Mexican side) and Mexican consuls. We're lining up similar commitments from Roma-Miguel Aleman, Rio Grande City-Camargo, Los Ebanos-Diaz Ordaz, McAllen/Hidalgo-Reynosa on down to Brownsville-Matamoros on September 8th. We will finish our journey at the mouth of the Rio Grande at Boca Chica on Sunday, September 9th.

LULAC National, Rosa Rosales, President and Jaime Martinez, Treasurer, have committed their support of Hand Across el Rio. The same is true of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. We anticipate the support of many other organizations and coalitions, from environmental, cultural, economic, political, faith based and tourism.

With the exception of El Paso y Juarez...we will launch kayaks and canoes upriver from each principal international pedestrian bridge. Any one who wants to join our flotillas for any portion or any day of this historical event is welcome to do so. Kayaks, canoes, inner-tubes. We will paddle down river to each international bridge respectively and meet up with fellow grass roots citizens from both sides of our Rio who are opposed to the wall. As we experienced in Roma and Miguel Aleman this past weekend...we will be inviting the grass roots folks from both sides of el Rio...to form a human chain in symbol of our border solidarity and amistad.

As Mayor Chad Foster says..."We're joined at the hip". That’s something that folks like Lou Dobbs and members of Congress who have never lived inside the checkpoints do not understand. Our Congressmen and Texas legislators from the border region have spoken out against the border wall. The Texas Border Coalition of our border mayors, judges and economic experts have all spoken in our behalf...in solidarity...against the wall. Our border sheriffs have spoken out against the wall. No one in Washington is listening to them. Now...we the people of the Rio Grand Corridor...from both sides of el Rio...must make our voices heard. "NO Border Wall...!" "Hell NO!!!

We can tell the Congress and the national media all day long that we who live on the border live in friendship with our neighbors on the other side of el Rio. We can tell them that we don't want to be in a militarized zone...on American soil...here in Texas. Now...we will show them why we don’t need one. We get along just fine!

En amistad and solidarity…

Hell NO !!! NO Wall

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                               Maybe they could hold the fence straight til the concrete dries. Might as well make themselves useful. LOL Trying to look on the brighter side.

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Yea, great neighbors that is why the violence is spilling over into El Paso.  Sure, stand for all the chaos and corruption. 

What dangerous fools

SovereignMan

No wonder these people want to come here and get everything.  16 days protesting? Do these people work? I can tell they have too much time in their hands!

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I can see it now. 16 days of Mexicans all over the border creating a nightmare for border patrol agents and creating diversions so that thousands of illegals can sneak across and how many drug smugglers will use this diversion to sneak their drugs across the border. These people have no clue about living by the law. BUILD THE FENCE AND BUILD IT NOW!!!!!

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Now this would be a good time to have the gators in the Rio Grand river.

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Superglue 1001 uses now 1002

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Good point zman. 

Look on the bright side.  They will destroy the local ecology to the extent that there will be no need for impact studies to build the FENCE. 

I have listened to the last socialist environmentalist of my life.  The Senoran Desert has been destroyed and not a word out of these bedwetters. 

My environmental plan is based on private property and no trespassing laws enforced by these boys of mine, yea you know their names.....

Lets get back to basics, back to America

SovereignMan

I accept the invitation to join their "flotilla" but only if I can bring my four hippos and my half dozen crocs with me.   OK??

 

My new neighbor where we lived in North Texas lived 11 mi. from the border for many years and she told us the Texans down there are SICK of the illegals, no one speaking english down there and on and on.  She was SO glad to get away from there!  So who are all these Texans that are supporting this stupid demonstration?

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We will paddle down river to each international bridge respectively and meet up with fellow grass roots citizens from both sides of our Rio who are opposed to the wall. As we experienced in Roma and Miguel Aleman this past weekend...we will be inviting the grass roots folks from both sides of el Rio...to form a human chain in symbol of our border solidarity and amistad.  

Now they want to show us they are friends? Since when? They are the ones who starting attacking americans by saying the USA soil belongs to Mexico.  Who do they want to impress? the Congress? Senators? By doing this demonstration are they going to stop invading USA? I don't think so!

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When was the last time you had to "Press 2" to speak German, or French, or Chinese, etc. Why is our government so complacent with the INVASION going on in our country.  An you don't think we need a fence or wall? Our economy is being destroyed, lot of US citizens are being killed, our schools and health care overrun, and yet our own govenment (bought and paid for by big business) is doing nothing. The US needs to control our borders or WE will become a 3rd world country.

I want a double layered fence built that runs from the water on the California coast to the water on the southern tip of Texas. Then I want high voltage electricity hooked to the south fence. Inside the north fence I want the entire US Marine Corp patrolling with orders to shoot anyone who might make it through. Once that border is sealed, I want the process of deportation started against any illegal alien that can be found. If there was an automatic death penalty for anyone caught smuggling illegal aliens or drugs across the border, it might get some people's attention. And, our President needs to tell the President of Mexico, "Keep your damned people in your own country or kiss our ass when we deal with the problem".

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Allen6207 said: I want a double layered fence built that runs from the water on the California coast to the water on the southern tip of Texas. Then I want high voltage electricity hooked to the south fence. Inside the north fence I want the entire US Marine Corp patrolling with orders to shoot anyone who might make it through. Once that border is sealed, I want the process of deportation started against any illegal alien that can be found. If there was an automatic death penalty for anyone caught smuggling illegal aliens or drugs across the border, it might get some people's attention. And, our President needs to tell the President of Mexico, "Keep your damned people in your own country or kiss our ass when we deal with the problem".

 

 

 

WOW!  REALLY?

HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICITY?

 What an electrifying person you are.  2,000 miles of death strung along the American southern border.  Have you asked the Liberty Lady Statute about what she thinks about what you want?

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Allen6207 said: I want a double layered fence built that runs from the water on the California coast to the water on the southern tip of Texas. Then I want high voltage electricity hooked to the south fence. Inside the north fence I want the entire US Marine Corp patrolling with orders to shoot anyone who might make it through. Once that border is sealed, I want the process of deportation started against any illegal alien that can be found. If there was an automatic death penalty for anyone caught smuggling illegal aliens or drugs across the border, it might get some people's attention. And, our President needs to tell the President of Mexico, "Keep your damned people in your own country or kiss our ass when we deal with the problem".

Allen,  you are my kind of Patriot one that is not deterred from doing what is right for America. 

There would be no death along the fence so long as there were not those attempting to break the law.  Actually this plan would save lives because desert crossings that sometimes end in fatality, particularly at the hands of smugglers and robber gangs would not be attempted so often. 

See the perspective of some Allen is not on solving problems.  Instead it is focused on enabling.  The fact is though Allen your plan would have saved over 50,000 American lives since 9-11-01 alone. 

Every Presidential candidate should be asked if they support the building of Allens fence.  Then we would truly know who will protect Americans and who is an enabler.  

We could use solar panels to supply the juice 

SovereignMan

Invasions were always a reason to build walls and fortresses. If they did not want a wall, they should not have mounted illegal invasion.

Hmmm...   Seems the Folks in the Big Bend region, didn't listen.

It's common knowledge, DON'T DRINK THE WATER!



WHERE'S THE FENCE!!!

HELL YES!!! STOP THIS MESS!!!

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I wonder how this will go over with the drug cartels?  This will hold up shipments for two weeks.  This could get interesting.  Unless they are going home at night, and then it could make it more lucrative.  More or less no border control for two weeks.  This is such a mess.  How many of the friendly terrorist take this opportunity to come on in.  Then again who cares about all that nonsense, it's time to Party and Protest ! ! ! 

What the heck if I could I would join them,  Maybe make some quick cash hauling a few drugs, smuggling a few immigrants, or maybe make some big bucks bringing a real true to life terrorist in. 

Party Time ! ! !

  


  

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They're so used to murder, violence and crime, it's like bad  hangover. They wouldn't know what to do if it went away. If that's the way they want to live doesn't mean the rest of us should.

Anybody got some Piranas?