When two countries are friendly with one another, there's no wall between them. Think: US-Canada border. Checkpoints, yes. Walls? No.
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Replying to @aurabogado
Scratch that—there are a lot of borders without any checkpoints. There are also borders that are separated by large bodies of water.
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Here's a photo of Brasil, Paraguay, Argentina. You can cross into all three and do checkpoints if you want. Or avoid checkpoints altogether.pic.twitter.com/xDzcnSqqgj
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Replying to @aurabogado
There's no wall between these countries. You can cross over on a raft and absolutely no one is going to care. People do it all the day long.
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You can cross over a bridge on a bus. You know you're in a new country when the colors on the bridge change to reflect the flag.
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Replying to @aurabogado
If you go on a bus, you may want to stop at the checkpoint, but it's a technicality. There may be reasons you want to check in. Or not.
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This isn't only true for Brasil/Paraguay/Argentina, it's true for most of the Americas: no walls. (Except one glaring exception.)
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Sometimes there's like an irritating property owner that hates people from the country next door. They'll put up an annoying symbolic fence.
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But the norm is that there are no walls. The rest of the Americas looks at the US like this when it considers immigration and the wall:pic.twitter.com/hOFaqQwWZP
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Not to say there isn't smuggling on certain borders. Not to say there isn't violence. Those are individuals. The *countries* are friends.
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This perspective from the Americas, including Mexico, is pretty much lost when people from here write about the wall. But it's important.
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Replying to @aurabogado
People in Mexico consider the wall an attack on its sovereignty, a symbol of disrespect, and an act of aggression.
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The US went an put a border on the ocean itself *lolsob* do you have any idea how the rest of the world looks at thispic.twitter.com/N8WLx4xnCY
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