Fundraising begins for west coast 'Statue of Liberty' overlooking US-Mexico border

An effort to build the statue of the Virgin Mary of 40 feet near the border with the US St. Isido (KGTV) - Mexico began

The statue entitled "Welcome Strangers" depicts the Virgin Mary as a Statue of Liber resembling a landmark in New York.

This event led by the nonprofit organization Santiago Project (available here) is aimed at gathering 1 million dollars to create an image in San Isidro in January 2019.

Residents of San Diego gathered at the Catholic Church of Carmel Hill on Friday to celebrate families and friends who were influenced by federal immigration policy, to present and discuss the depiction of the statue.

According to the organization, the purpose of the statue symbolizes the struggle faced by immigrants and is to express 'hope and faith'.

According to the statue designer Jim Bliesner, in addition to the torch, the statue is illuminated by Sharp's lobe with Sharp's angle and vivid color, symbolizing someone's "emotional experience" in the context of immigrants.

"Immigrants contributed to this great country and the diversity of our regional economy," Parish Dwarf David Gonzalez announced the commencement of funding for the project. "I hope to be a member of the Statue of Liberty on the west coast.We are the first parish of the world's largest border crossing and she will be an indicator of the hope of Carmel's sacred site.It is unfamiliar stranger People. "The title was designed by local artist Jim Bliesner. An organization project in San Diego is expected to cost 1 million dollars to be completed and has already received 350,000 dollars of funds and work including the soil testing support structure has expanded to 10 feet of the Earth and is already in progress. They want to complete the project by January.

Mexico - The border with the United States (Spanish: fronteraMéxico-Estados Unidos) is an international border that separates Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Gulf of Mexico. The border crosses various topographies from the main urban area to the desert where it can not live. There are about 350 million recorded transit points every year and the world's most common intersection. The total length of the continental border is 1,954 miles (3,145 kilometers). From the Gulf of Mexico, proceed through Río Braavodel Norte and proceed to the intersection of Chihuahua Ciudad Juárez and Texas El Paso. From El Paso - Juarez west through the vast Chihuahua desert and the Sonoran desert to the Colorado River Delta and San Diego - Tijuana, and to the Pacific