Watch Families Embrace at Mexico's Northern Border During #HugsNotWalls Reunion teleSUR
go to original November 2, 2016

Watch the Emotional Three-Minute-Long Reunion at US-Mexico Border (Carbonated.TV )

On the shores of the barren Rio Grande canal - or Río Bravo as it’s known across the border in Mexico, more than 300 families, under the watchful, vigilant eyes of U.S. Border Patrol and Mexico’s Federal Police, came together to hug for precisely three minutes.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of human rights advocacy groups, the second edition of the “Hugs Not Walls” event saw thousands of families reunite - albeit for only several minutes - Saturday morning at the border cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juárez, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

Starting at 9 a.m., groups of 20 people, 10 from each side, embraced family, members that some hadn’t seen for years, or even decades. The group of people from the United States wore blue t-shirts, while Mexicans wore white.    

“This is an unprecedented moment,” said Fernando García of the U.S.-based Border Network for Human Rights, one of the organizers of the event. “The origin of it is the United States’ policy, which keeps families separated... with an aggressive policy against migrants.” “This is an act of love, there’s hugs, smiles and happiness but still, it is also an act of protest. We need to raise awareness of the crisis of deported families,” he continued.

...The first rendition of this event was held back in August, organized by the Border Network for Human Rights and its Mexican counterpart, the Hope Border Institute.

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Related: Families Separated by Tijuana-San Diego border Reunite for 3 Minutes (Daily Sabah)

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