Autoplay Next video from Max length

Surfer Fights To Protect South Bay From Cross-Border Pollution

575 views · Published 1 December 2017 · 3:49 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: KPBS News · 2017 · News & Politics

The national debate around US-Mexico border security
has focused on the need to stop illegal immigration and
drug trafficking. But South Bay San Diego residents are
fighting a lesser-known battle, to stop another cross-
border flow: pollution from Mexico. They say the decades-
long environmental struggle has been hindered by a lack
of binational collaboration. KPBS Fronteras reporter Jean
Guerrero brings us the story of local environmentalist
Paloma Aquirre and her efforts to protect the waters along
the border.

Surfer Fights To Protect South Bay From Cross-Border Pollution

More from this channel