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activists re-enter the U.S. during street drama

February 19, 2012 School of the Americas Watch Delegation and local activists vigil on the border. Nonviolent direct action leads to two arrests: Fr. Roy Bourgeois and Nico Udu-Gama

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items are from 19 Feb 2012.

greeting across border

"Uncle Sam" meets Mexicans on Anapra side

Border Patrol in place prior to event

materials for demo

Uncle Sam w/ fake $$

Project Puente's West Cosgrove provides instruction

Fr. Roy, resolute

gathering at start of the vigil

SOAW banner that led march

activists next to Mexico border

No more deaths!

Mexico-U.S. neighbors across fence

border wall shadow seen above activists

marks the border section

both nations vigil

bi-national walkers

agents observe action from horseback

agents follow the marchers

walking the borderline

fence obscures the poverty

B.P. vehicle parts the movement of the camino

what the fence obscures

poverty evident through the fence

patrol of walkers

block of vigilers

group seen from behind

street drama actors

Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam in dialog during drama

"Uncle Sam" (street drama) holds out "money" to Mexicans

agent oversight from slight distance

activists re-enter the U.S. during street drama

Nico Udu-Gama, Fr. Roy Bourgeois enter U.S. without inspection

activists enroute

agent guards where wall ends

reaching out, across border

handshakes across the national borderline

U.S. and Mexican citizens shake hands at fence end

protest deportation of military veterans

border wall image

statue of Cristo Rey on nearby peak, beyond action site

Agents on horse oversee action

Migrant deaths remembered along border wall

Mexican impoverishment in focus, through fence

fence blurs our perception of Mexico reality

Mexico flag seen flying beyond fence

Mexican children walk our route--on their side

border wall slices desert hillside

group returns to starting point

U.S. boundary marker on Mexico's side of wall

U.S. boundary marker lies on Mexico side of fence

trash blight on Mexico border

trashpile reflects failure of public services in Mexico

agents await arrest of 2 activists

(left) "Uncle Sam" (right) plainclothes BP agent?

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