Got questions about The Great Wall (U.S./Mexico)?

Have you been wondering about the wall (fence) that is to separate the United States and Mexico and "keeps us all safe"?

A free showing of a 90- minute film titled The 800 Mile Wall will be on Friday, November 11, 2011, at 7:00PM at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 221 Dean Street, in Woodstock (Ill.). An open discussion of the film will follow the screening.

The announcement for the film reads, "The 800 Mile Wall highlights the construction of the new border walls along the U.S.-Mexico border as well as the effect on migrants trying to cross into the U.S.  'This powerful 90 minute film is an unflinching look at the failed U.S. border strategy that many believe violates fundamental human rights,' according to Sue Rekenthaler, chair of the congregation’s Social Justice Committee which is sponsoring the program."

The program is free and open to the public.
There ought to be lively discussion this Friday night. I'm looking forward to asking questions and understanding what is meant by wall's "effect on migrants trying to cross into the U.S."

There is one way to enter the United States, and that's legally." Crossing at any other point than a legal point of entry is illegal. Swimming the Rio Grande is illegal, or walking across where it is shallow enough to do so is illegal. Coming in at night with the coyotes is illegal.

Legal immigrants have almost always been welcome in the United States. The United States shouldn't even have to be pouring tens of millions of dollars into the boondoggle that is spreading across California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

When I was in Mexico in 1992, it was crystal clear to me that my papers needed to be in order. If my papers said 90 days or 180 days, then I'd better not be in Mexico beyond the legal period. I was sure I wouldn't like a jail in Mexico, and they certainly cannot be compared with Nygren Towers in Woodstock.

So, come and see what the wall is all about and what it's effect on illegal immigrants is.