Voices of the Border
Homes affected by the Border wall
They do not have to negotiate, settle or adjudicate anything prior to seizing the land. So literally the bulldozers are just going to roll in and nothing can be done to stop them -Marianna Trevino-Wright
"We feel betrayed back for 160 years when this international boundary was created, without any consent or any discussion. To put a border wall here it would be detrimental to our people. It would have a psychological effect. You would have an emotional effect. I think you wouldn't like it if I dug a wall right through your home. This is our traditional homelands." -Verlon Jose
We dont want this wall, We will lose all of this.
- Dora Villarreal The government seeks to take land from the owners of this neighborhood forcing them to relocate from a home they have known for years. They are being kept in the dark about border plans and some worry that their American home may end up on the Mexico side of the fence.Colonia De La Cruz Neighborhood in Roma, Texas
I don't really know where it stops, where the border is. People come here to feel free.
- Osiris Ortiz People treck from both sides of the border to pray and find peace at the sacred site of Mount Cristo Rey. The wall could affect peoples access to this sacred site.Mount Cristo Rey A place of Christian pilgrimage on the border. Visited by those from both sides of the border.
I was born here, my dad was born here, my ancestors were born here. We are American. Why can't they take that into consideration?"
Aleida Flores Garcia's home is one of the 4,900 parcels of private land that could be seized or affected in Texas alone.