The historic graveyard is next door to the Jackson Ranch chapel, the oldest Protestant church still standing in the valley. This is where, amid local protest and national condemnation, Donald Trump is pushing to start construction of a new border wall, with potentially disastrous consequences. In an effort to stop the wall, leaders of the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe and activists live in a makeshift tent village within the shady cemetery. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Eli Jackson cemetery, near Pharr, Texas, which is located a few yards from the levee where Trump’s border wall could be built. We don’t own the land, the land owns us, that’s why we lay claim to it.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2019 11:02 UTC