A Win Against the Wall
A Q&A with Pamela Rivas. The Federal Government Wanted to Build a Border Wall on Her Family’s Land. After 13 Years, Rivas Finally Won It Back.
Pamela Rivas said she had a bad feeling when she learned Border Patrol agents had been to her parents’ home with papers for them to sign. The U.S. government, the Border Patrol agents said, wanted to build a wall on their property in Los Ebanos, Texas, on the land that had belonged to them for generations. It was the place where her large extended famil…
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