The U.S.-Mexico Border Wall in Nogales.
National Public Radio’s Morning Edition is broadcasting a 5-part series this week on conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border:
The border emphasizes how much the U.S. and Mexico rely on each other, and, like siblings, it also illustrates the tension between them. As the U.S. builds new fences and heightens patrols, a drug war on the Mexican side has killed thousands of people this year alone. Meanwhile, trade across the border continues to grow.
This morning’s story (part 2 of the series) was especially poignant for me because it concerns the border city of Nogales, which MCCers (myself included) visited before participating in the Migrant Trail last year. I highly recommend listening to or reading the NPR story, and want to draw attention to the Migrant Trail resources that Valerie Ong (a former Washington Office staff member) and I put together before and after the walk:
- Washington Memo Blog entries related to the Migrant Trail (scroll down the page to the Migrant Trail 2008 section). My journal entry on Sunday, May 25 is an account of what we saw and heard in Nogales.
- The MCC Washington Office’s Migrant Trail Website, which includes an overview of the Migrant Trail, as well as additional information about conditions on the border.
Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach 
