Texas Should Revitalize, not Militarize Border Communities: A Q&A with Amerika Garcia Grewal

Eagle Pass resident, Garcia Grewal, talks about the reopening of Shelby Park and the impacts of Texas' new military base. And the creation of her new border-wide organization, Frontera Federation.

Amerika Garcia Grewal at Shelby Park before the Texas government closed the park. (Photo courtesy of Amerika Garcia Grewal)

Eagle Pass, Texas, is normally a quiet town of about 30,000 inhabitants that borders Piedras Negras, its sister city in Mexico. The town is home to Shelby Park, which lines the Rio Grande. In 2022 and 2023 the park received thousand…