LAS LAJITAS, Texas—“Es el agua de la libertad” (It’s the water of freedom) shouted a Mexican man, standing knee-deep in
the middle of
the murky Rio Grande as part of
the fourth annual “Voices from Both Sides” border festival.
The yearly celebration, which was started in 2013 as a form of peaceful protest over stricter border controls following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, drew crowds to the Texas border town of Lajitas and its Mexican neighbor, Paso Lajitas.