Revisiting the Border Field State Park

In between the two fences that separate United States of America and the Mexican United States in the southwestern end of the international border are three bunkers that were used to monitor invading Japanese fleets during the Second World War. Rumors of impending attacks of Japanese forces were unfounded. Life went on for  both sides of the fences and cross-border migration continued with the usual stories of Mexicans coming north for the unskilled and seasonal employment opportunities and gringos going south for less expensive leisure.

We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us.

Life goes on south of the border.

Come to look at it, life seems to even look peaceful and uncomplicated  from afar. I have crossed the border a lot of times and I could tell that a lot of the things told about Mexico or the Mexicans are not true. I am amazed at how naïve people had become in believing could build a beautiful wall from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

For me, the US-Mexican border reflects the most discriminatory attitude among gringos. Gringos are Caucasians from north of the Mexican border portion of North America. C'mon, don't tell me that you didn't know that Mexico is part of the North American continent!

The invisible US-Mexican border is patrolled by helicopters.