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\n\nPublisher:\n\nThe Atlantic\n\n\n
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\nIn Texas, a white adobe chapel built in 1899 on the bank of the Rio Grande sits in the proposed path of President Donald Trump’s border wall. A Border Patrol agent stands sentry yards away. A military helicopter—part of Trump’s troop...\nIn Texas, a white adobe chapel built in 1899 on the bank of the Rio Grande sits in the proposed path of President Donald Trump’s border wall. A Border Patrol agent stands sentry yards away. A military helicopter—part of Trump’s troop surge at the border—drowns out Father Roy Snipes. It’s akin to “saying mass in a war zone,” the priest says. The Rio Grande Valley is the Trump administration’s top priority for new border-wall construction because the region saw 160,000 unauthorized border crossings last year, more than any other sector, though many were families turning themselves in to officials in order to seek asylum. In a new short documentary from The Atlantic, Snipes, known locally as the “cowboy priest,” confronts both the wall and the growing military presence as he provides sanctuary to migrants and spreads his message of peace. “What a Christian strives to do is build bridges, not walls,” Snipes says.\n
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