[Magdalen] The border

[Roger Stokes]

I've just been watching a BBC TV programme featuring Sue Perkins, an 
English TV personality, who went about 1,000 miles along the US/Mexico 
border. She made her views of the proposed wall abundantly clear as 
attempts are made to drive it through essentially one land. The black 
bears make their feelings clear as they cross and recross between where 
they originated in Mexico and Big Bend National Park. Then there are the 
US citizens of Mexican heritage who cross the border daily and rejoice 
in their dual citizenship. You also have the parishioners of St Peter's 
and St Paul's Episcopal Church in Mission who make food for those stuck 
in a migrant camp South of the border under the current administration's 
policy about keeping asylum seekers out while their applications are 
processed. As she said, it is one land and we all seek the same things - 
security and a chance to live in harmony.

Roger