The rocker that broke the division of the wall on the border between the United States and Mexico

Two teachers from California they installed swings at the border between the United States and Mexico, as a blunt answer President Donald Trump explained his intention to build a 3200-kilometer long wall between the two countries.

The three pink flip-flops were inaugurated Monday at a border fence between Sunland Park, in the US state of New Mexico, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Seeing them, Boys and adults on both sides played together.

The idea had been in development for a decade, revealed Ronald Rael, professor of architecture at the California University of Berkeley, who had created the project with Virgina San Fratello, a design professor at the University of California. University of San José. Rael said that seeing the plan take shape was "one of the most amazing experiences"for him and his colleague, and described the event at the border as" full of joy, emotion and union. "

"The wall has become a point of literal support for relations between the United States and Mexico, and children and adults have developed important links on both sides, understanding that actions on one side have a direct consequence on the other"added the professor.

The video and images of the rockers have been trend in social networks This Tuesday, many praised the idea that arises at a time when the Trump administration is moving ahead with stricter immigration policies. "Nice reminder that we are connected: what happens has effects on the other, "tweeted the Mexican actor Mauricio Martínez.

"The symbolism of the rocker is simply magical", wrote Claudia Tristan, director of Latinx messages for presidential candidate Beto O 'Rourke, born in El Paso, Texas.