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Stories: Childhood Arrivals Shared At Border Wall Mural

The Playas de Tijuana mural project seeks to contextualize the immigrant experience

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May 30, 2024
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At the western end of Playas de Tijuana, where the land boundary between Mexico and the United States meets the Pacific Ocean, one can find portraits of individuals who arrived in the United States in their early youth forming a mural on the edge of the border wall.

The faces on this mural include those of Karla Estrada, an activist whose family was torn…

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