{"id":2020892,"date":"2023-09-03T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-officials-place-slab-of-berlin-wall-near-u-s-southern-border-to-teach-lesson-about-knocking-down-walls\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T15:34:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T19:34:42","slug":"mexican-officials-place-slab-of-berlin-wall-near-u-s-southern-border-to-teach-lesson-about-knocking-down-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-officials-place-slab-of-berlin-wall-near-u-s-southern-border-to-teach-lesson-about-knocking-down-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican officials put Berlin Wall slab near U.S. border to teach about walls."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmexican-officials-place-slab-of-berlin-wall-near-u-s-southern-border-to-teach-lesson-about-knocking-down-walls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2020892&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Mexican Officials Install Remnant\u2064 of Berlin Wall Near U.S. \u200bSouthern Border<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a bold and thought-provoking\u200d move, Mexican officials recently installed a remnant of the Berlin Wall near\u2063 the U.S. southern border. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-officials-place-slab-of-berlin-wall-near-u-s-southern-border-to-teach-lesson-about-knocking-down-walls\/\" title=\"Mexican officials put Berlin Wall slab near U.S. border to teach about walls.\">symbolic gesture aims<\/a> to\u2062 teach a powerful lesson\u200c about the importance of breaking down walls and building bridges.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Message of Advocacy<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The historic concrete slab \u200cwas placed next to the border wall in Tijuana, \u200cacross\u2064 from San Diego, with a message that seems to advocate for allowing more illegal immigrants refuge in the United States. This installation comes at a time when record numbers of families have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, leading to concerns \u200cabout what some critics are calling the &#8220;Biden Border Crisis.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;May this be a lesson to build a society that knocks down walls and builds \u2062bridges,&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reads a plaque by\u200b the base of the Berlin Wall relic.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The\u2063 Architects Behind the Installation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of Tijuana, Mexico, and Marcelo Ebrard, a former Mexican foreign\u200d secretary, are\u2063 the two individuals behind the placement of the wall remnant. \u200dCaballero, in particular, \u200dpenned the open-borders message that accompanies the installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Symbolic Parallel<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Los Angeles-based producer Marcos Cline-Marquez played a crucial \u2064role \u2063in bringing the 3-ton piece \u2062of the Berlin Wall to Friendship Park. He draws parallels between the Berlin Wall and the wall on the U.S.\u2062 southern border, \u2062emphasizing that\u200d both walls were built\u2063 to divide rather than protect. \u2063Caballero shares\u200c similar sentiments, acknowledging that while the social and \u200dpolitical conflicts may differ, a wall is still a wall at the end of the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite these criticisms, Caballero does concede that the U.S. has the right \u200bto enforce its border.\u200c However, she\u200c argues that the border wall represents violence, family\u2062 separation, and division.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Reality of the Border Situation<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As Mexican officials denounce the wall and some Americans advocate for open borders, the U.S. continues to face challenges at its southern border. In August alone, the U.S. arrested a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-proxy-voting-policy-that-republicans-sued-her-over-last-year\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Proxy Voting Policy That Republicans Sued Her Over Last Year\">record-high number<\/a>\u2062 of \u200b91,000\u2062 illegal immigrants who crossed the border as families. Many of these individuals are released into the U.S. while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrat-mayor-begs-biden-to-stop-release-of-migrants-into-texas\/\" title=\"WATCH: Democrat Mayor Begs Biden To Stop Release Of Migrants Into Texas\">awaiting court dates<\/a>. The situation remains concerning, with 183,503 encounters with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-say-homeland-security-chiefs-60-billion-budget-concedes-border-cannot-be-secured\/\" title=\"House Republicans Say Homeland Security Chief\u2019s  Billion Budget Concedes Border Cannot Be Secured\">illegal immigrants reported<\/a> in \u2062July.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since President Biden took office, over 6.2 million illegal immigrant encounters have been recorded, resulting in the release of more than \u200dtwo million migrants into the U.S. This has raised concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-weigh-in-on-nations-crises\/\" title=\"House Republicans weigh in on nation\u2019s crises\">increased crime rates<\/a>, as highlighted by the Heritage Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Continued Construction<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite signing an executive order\u2063 to\u2063 halt the construction of a \u2062new border wall, President\u200c Biden is overseeing\u200d the completion of small projects that were previously contracted out. This includes \u200creplacing sections of the border wall on the \u2064Tijuana-San Diego border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is worth noting that various pieces of the Berlin Wall have been placed in different locations worldwide, serving as reminders of the importance of unity and the consequences of division.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican officials recently placed a piece of the Berlin wall near the U.S. southern border. The intention was to convey a message about breaking barriers and fostering connections. 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