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Title: Walled In

Author: Sukjong Hong

Narrator: Derek Shetterly

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-16

Publisher: New Republic

Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, News & Culture

Publisher's Summary:

Christian Ramirez remembers what life was like before the border wall went up in San Diego. Growing up in San Ysidro, a neighborhood on the citys southwestern corner, he regularly crossed into Mexico to pick up tacos and bring them back for picnics at Friendship Park, a small coastal area bisected by the border. But after September 11, 2001, new security measures fortified the border wall and extended the barrier into the ocean. Now the park, which used to host bi-national religious masses, Christmas celebrations, and family reunions, is locked except for a few hours each weekend, during which federal agents monitor the crowd and people search through the metal grating for a glimpse of a loved ones face on the other side.

"Walled In" is from the June 2016 issue of The New Republic.