U.S. Border Patrol agents along the California-Mexico border fired tear gas and hit protesters on Sunday in an effort to break up a camp to protest U.S. immigration policies. The No Borders Camp was set up last week on both sides of the border. As part of the camp, demonstrators built a cross-border kissing booth where activists on both sides of the border kissed through holes in the fence that separates southern California from Mexico. Video shot by San Diego Indymedia shows Border Patrol agents shooting tear gas and pepper spray at the nonviolent demonstrators. Three demonstrators were arrested and charged with impeding a federal officer. Organizers with No Border Camp said two of the arrested had been refused medical attention. Organizers describe the No Border Camps as action camps and temporary autonomous zones meant to challenge neoliberal capitalism, border militarization and migration controls.
Border Patrol Breaks Up No Borders Camp
HeadlineNov 13, 2007