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 Entertainment | October 2006 
Garcia Bernal: Border Fence 'Absurd'
 Associated Press
| | Actor Gael Garcia Bernal, right, and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu pose for a picture in New York, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. (AP/Seth Wenig) |
Gael Garcia Bernal, promoting a new movie in which his character gets in trouble with U.S. immigration authorities, criticized the newly approved U.S.-Mexico border fence as "absurd."
"They are wasting so much money on this instead of using it on a real development plan," the star of "Amores Perros," "Y Tu Mama Tambien" and "The Motorcycle Diaries," told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Earlier in the day, President Bush signed a bill authorizing 700 miles of fencing along the border despite pleas from the Mexican government for a veto.
"It was argued before that the wall was to secure the borders after Sept. 11," Garcia Bernal said, "but (the terrorists) weren't Mexican, they didn't even pass through Mexico."
The 27-year-old actor's comments came during a publicity tour for "Babel," director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's new film.
In "Babel," which also stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, Garcia Bernal plays a man living legally in the United States who gets in trouble for challenging immigration agents at the border upon returning from his cousin's wedding in Mexico.
Garcia Bernal said he prepared for the role by looking to family members from the border zone.
"I tried to emulate many of my cousins who are from that area," he said.
He also said he spent time walking the streets of Tijuana and talking to residents there "to understand what it means to live under this absurd story," referring to life along the border.
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