“The trip raised a lot of broad questions for me. How do “developing” countries develop?

How can the Mexican government encourage growth, growth that includes the Mexican people?

Is it possible for economic growth without foreign investment…?” –Riley T.

Expressions

Anwar Wahab, an outspoken and opinionated student on the Borders trip, came back to New York and wrote a reflection of his experiences in his poem, Lady Liberty Lied to Me: Lady liberty lied to me By Anwar Wahab Lady liberty lied to me She chained my foot and shackled my neck, She dragged me to the Mexican border, She impoverished my family, Lady liberty lied to me, She told me I would find freedom, She told me I can reach her dream, She told me she would provide for my family, But she lied to me, I was beaten up in the border, I was incarcerated and sent back to my country, I was warned not to come back, She lied to me, She has my daughter and my wife, I cannot see them because I am forever chained, She lied to me, what will become of her if I didn’t mow your lawns, what will become of her if I didn’t pick your fruit, what will become of her if I didn’t cut your chicken and stun your beef, what will become of her without my people’s labor, and what will become of her if I didn’t come to work, She needs glasses because she is blind, If she continues to be blind she will fall.

A Closer Look Click on the bolded links below Immigration Policy: - NAFTA - Colonia Chilpancingo Class Work - Final immigration papers - Class debate Highlights from the Trip - Casa del Migrantes - Other high schools - U.S. Border Patrol - Maclovia Rojas - May Day Expressions - Chicano park - A student’s poem More Information - Helpful links

Chicano Park was founded on April 22, 1970 when the community of Barrio Logan and Chicano movement activists joined forces to protest the construction of a Highway Patrol station on the present site of the park. The community had previously been degraded by the demolition of several hundred homes for the building of Interstate 5, the Coronado Bridge, the placement of toxic industries and junkyards, lack of community facilities, proper schools jobs or medical services. The struggle for Chicano Park became a symbol of the Chicano Mexicano People’s struggle for self-determination and self-empowerment. The murals in the park were painted by Chicano artists such as Victor Orozco Ochoa, Mario Torero and more for the portrayal of the social, political and cultural issues that form the struggle for the liberation of Chicano Mexicanos. Below is a selection of pictures from our viewing of Chicano Park A mural in Chicano Park depicting the Spanish conquistadors that stole land from 16^th Century Mexicans. In the left hand corner an interesting parallel is made by placing a San Diego Police Department officer among the conquistadors. Honoring Hugo Chavez An ode to justice and peace.