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DOUGLAS, AZ — In the border city of Douglas, Arizona, the street that leads you to Mexico is the same path used to remember migrants who died in Cochise County trying to cross the border into the United States.
Healing Our Borders Prayer Vigil “Mark and ‘Chuy ’ Gallegos, who was his co-director of Frontera at that time, Father Bob Carney, some Roman Catholics, sisters, and other people of faith, finally decided to start this vigil,” explained Knox. “They also had this bench put here; the city let them put this bench here in memory of people who've died crossing the desert.”
Crosses on the street of Douglas To date, there are more than 340 crosses as part of the"Healing Our Borders Prayer Vigil." According to Knox, about 130 of the crosses are used each vigil. The crosses that are used every week are rotated so all of the more than 340 crosses are used at some point in the vigils.
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