The border patrol is the focus of an ongoing controversy. For certain people, the border patrol is the cause of immigrant deaths. For example, in may 2010, 42-year-old Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas was caught trying to enter the United States from Mexico near San Diego. But instead of deportation, Hernandez was beating to death by a few officers at the border.
Contrarily, others refuse this assumption and think in Mexico, poverty pushes people to escape the country and try to reach a better life by crossing the border.
Consequently, in trying to cross the U.S illegally by any method, the immigrants put their life in danger by crossing the desert and the high mountains. For example, the intensified laws at the most used border crossings push immigrants to choose rural path where they risk death due to exposure to the extreme heat.
Smugglers are partly responsible for those death as well because they leave immigrants in dangerous situations and treat them inhumanely. Smugglers also make illegal immigrants think that the chance of being caught at the border is weak and even if they are caught, they will not be harmed.
Recently in Arizona, officer Shane Figueroa was killed by an illegal immigrant. Because of this death and other similar cases, I do not think the U.S should stop building the border wall. Most member of congress understand that Mexican migration is not a threat to national security because most of the time, migration is used as possibility to get a better job and create a better life. If we open the border between the U.S and Mexico, terrorists may use this as an opportunity to enter the U.S. Therefore, the U.S should, create a system to help Mexicans, think about improving the path to legalization of the migrant worker because they offer a needed labor force. This only help the U.S economy.
That is very sad to hear. About the immigrant and the border patrol. I wonder if the same thing happens at our northern border with Canada.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that our country needs to have a better plan or agreement put in place with Mexico to keep these pointless deaths from occurring. The only problem I see with that happening, though, is the people who are out of work do not want other people taking the jobs out from under them. It makes it a very difficult situation for everyone involved.
Here Im back again after my french degree. It is not easy and totally agree with you guys
ReplyDeleteI know of people who have crossed or tried to cross over. The coyotes ditch them in an undeserted location and don't even care to cross them over at times. It is a dangerous situation.
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