SAN DIEGO — With construction on a border barrier replacement project paused, a design team organized by advocates for Friendship Park has recommended that the federal government not go through with its plans to erect 30-foot walls at the historic binational meeting place.
The recommendation is the latest move in a back-and-forth between Customs and Border Protection and advocates over the park's future.
Located at the edge of California's Border Field State Park, in the southwesternmost corner of the United States, Friendship Park lies between two layers of fencing. It has long been a place for families separated by border policy to meet, talk, and touch fingers between the metal mesh of the fencing.
