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How A Butterfly Sanctuary Became The Center of a Border War, Part One

It Could Happen Here

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The Border Is More Than Just a Battle Ground in America's Endless Culture War Institution

The border is more than just a battle ground in america's endless culture war. It stretches from the atlantic to the pacific, through the homelands of many indigenous peoples and across the migratory trails of numerous species. Marianna jones wright runs a butterfly sanctuary that has somewhat improbably, provoked the direct ire of a us President. She also grew up along the border, the rio grande valley. In high school, she'd take trips to disco tekas and bars in renosa, just across the border from mc allan, texas. To day, she runs the national butterfly sanctuary just outside of the nondescript town which seems to have

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