People & Communities

The U.S-Mexico borderlands are home to vibrant patchwork of people and wildlife who have thrived here for millennia—long before the land was ever split by a political boundary. These communities and Indigenous Nations have suffered the consequences of a border imposed for almost 200 years, but Trump’s wall and rampant border militarization has destroyed sacred lands and threatened border communities like never before.

As the bulldozers rolled in, we fought back. More than 40 cities, towns, and tribal nations passed resolutions against wall construction. We mounted massive protest demonstrations, garnered national media attention, and filed dozens of lawsuits to fight the destruction. As the wall panels rose up across the desert, O’odham tribal members were thrown in jail for peacefully standing between the machines of destruction and their sacred sites and burial grounds. These legal cases are still pending.

Border communities and Indigenous tribes have suffered unspeakable losses, many that can never be healed. But through the devastation we have tightened our bonds, forged new connections and learned to fight alongside each other like never before. Introduction….