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Building a Border Wall - One Brick at a Time

09:36 H | Topics: Activism - Controversia - Immigration

Just in case those conservative lawmakers don't get what their conservative constituents want in terms of border security (of course we're talking southern border security. Ignore the terrorists just beyond the Canadian border), one organization is making the message tangibly clear. Send - A - Brick has been urging people to send actual bricks to their local House and Senate representatives as a symbol of support for securing the borders by building a wall between the United States and Mexico. As you can see by the picture, some people have sent decorated bricks with such charming messages as "Stop the Invasion" and "Cuidado! If you can read this, you are too close."

For those who don't want to send their own bricks, the organization will send a brick in your name for an 11.95 fee.

Leaders of the campaign, which has delivered an estimated 10,000 bricks since it began in April, said they had hit on the idea as a way to emphasize the benefits of a fence along the border with Mexico. In an age when professionally planned lobbying campaigns have long since overwhelmed spontaneous grass-roots pressure, organizers of the brick brigade said they also saw an opportunity to deliver a missive not easily discarded. "E-mails are so common now," said Kirsten Heffron, a Virginian who is helping coordinate the effort. "It is really easy for the office to say duly noted, hit delete and never think about it again."

What would be a good counter campaign? Sending something that breaks down walls?

Via / The New York Times (Registration Required)
Image Via / Send -A -Brick

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