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Transforming A Line<br />
This project seeks to transform the line of duality that is the US/<br />
Mexican border to a region of inclusion and urban prosperity.<br />
As the border becomes more and more militarized, it remains a<br />
region of hyper movement and porosity. This cultural, intellectual<br />
and social energy pools at the busiest border crossing in the<br />
world, the San Ysidro border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico. The<br />
border is not only a border between two countries, but a gateway<br />
between North and South America.<br />
As security along the closed border is heightened, the northern<br />
migration becomes increasingly treacherous. Transgressors face<br />
harassment, extreme environments, extortion, rape, and murder.<br />
They take this risk in search of a better life. In many cases, they<br />
make the journey to be united with family and loved ones.<br />
The negative aspects of a closed border are not only felt south of<br />
the border. Every year, the US pours billions of dollars in public<br />
resources to secure a border that is impossible to secure. On<br />
top of this, the US policy of isolation and separation threatens the<br />
country’s economic survival in a globally interdependent world.
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