A place of friendship at the border closes
Friendship Park on the U.S.-Mexico border has been a unique place for reunions for decades. But the Biden administration might shut it down forever.
Headlines From The Times · Kate Morrissey, Heba Elorbany, Gustavo Arellano, Mario Diaz, Kasia Broussalian, Mark Nieto, Madalyn Amato, Shannon Lin, Kinsee Morlan, Denise Guerra, Jazmín Aguilera, David Toledo, Ashlea Brown, Carlos De Loera, Surya Hendry, Shani O. Hilton, Mike Heflin
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Show Notes
On the U.S.-Mexico border, where San Diego ends and Tijuana begins right next to the Pacific Ocean, there’s a place called Friendship Park. It opened over 50 years ago and was meant to be a symbol of the binational community that stretches across the border. Friendship Park eventually became an unlikely place for poignant cross-border reunions.
But since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Friendship Park has been shut down. And there’s a good chance it might not reopen. We get into its history and future today. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: San Diego Union-Tribune border reporter Kate Morrissey
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Once a symbol of binational unity, Friendship Park could close to cross-border reunions forever