By Andrea Guerrero

Today is a day of hope, the hope that comes from realizing that our future can be different from our past, and that the walls that currently divide us can one day become bridges that bring us together in the border region.

Today — Oct. 1, 2019 — marks the 25th anniversary of Operation Gatekeeper, which began as a single fence at the San Diego / Tijuana border and then became two fences and in some places three fences with barbed wire, sensors, and surveillance cameras. Over time, this wall grew taller and wider, and it went deeper into the ocean, attempting to stop the tides that connect us.

October 1st marks the 25th anniversary of  “Operation Gatekeeper,” the first major national effort to militarize the southern border.

In an effort to limit legal immigration, the proposed implementation of the Trump Administration’s new “public charge” rule would block legal pathways to lawful permanent residency to immigrant families using certain safety net programs.

Alliance San Diego will host two events as part of the Individual World Poetry Slam on September 26th-27th!