The Fence Research Paper
‘The Fence’ is an interesting subject and effects just about everyone in both the United States and Mexico, not just the residents that live on the border because the immigrants do not stay just on the border. After they cross they search for homes and work all over the United States. Megan asks some very good questions. Does the fence serve its purpose? Will it stop illegal immigrants from entering the United States? What about Terrorists? And Drugs?
I do not believe the fence serves the purpose for which it was built. It may very well cut down on the illegal migration of Mexico citizens, but not enough to say that it works. The wellbeing of Mexico citizens is so bad that it is hard to conceive of anything keeping them in Mexico and not trying to seek a better life elsewhere. Terrorists may eventually attempt to enter the United States from the …show more content…
south, but at this time apparently the most convenient way to come in is through the northern borders. I do agree that the largest drug trade probably comes up from Mexico because of the convenience, including using the trucking industry, which is also used for smuggling people as well as drugs.
Megan is correct that the fence is a highly controversial subject. It is hard to know if putting up a fence is right or wrong or for whom it is right or wrong. She shares that the narrator feels, and I agree, that the fence was not as well thought out as it could have been. I wonder if other options have ever been considered, such as helping Mexico financially instead of putting billions of dollars into a fence; or, help put honest people in office to help their economy grow and dissuade criminal activity. Is it possible to help Mexico in the same way that we help underprivileged countries by giving the tools to grow food and find water?
The lives of our Mexico neighbors on the border are so horrendous that one has a deep desire to help them.
I agree that those trying to get here by crossing the desert or using ‘coyotes’ are just regular people who want to escape the cartels and drug dealers. As I read Megan’s review, I was reminded about the ever so brave young woman, Hermila Garcia Quinones, 38 years old, who became Sheriff of a Texas border town. She took office in October 2010 and was murdered in November 2010. She would not take on security because she believed that her life would not be in danger because no one owned her. According to ABC News, she was known to often say, “If you don’t owe anything, you don’t fear anything.” There are good people in Mexico. However, the cartels do not want good, strong people in office. If they cannot own them, they kill them.
Megan’s review of ‘The Fence’ was well organized and her sources provide ample support. Because they are all fairly recent; from 2005 up to as recent October 2015, this tells me that the fence is still a very hot topic and resolutions to questions and problems are still
needed.
I do not believe the fence serves the purpose for which it was built. It may very well cut down on the illegal migration of Mexico citizens, but not enough to say that it works. The wellbeing of Mexico citizens is so bad that it is hard to conceive of anything keeping them in Mexico and not trying to seek a better life elsewhere. Terrorists may eventually attempt to enter the United States from the …show more content…
south, but at this time apparently the most convenient way to come in is through the northern borders. I do agree that the largest drug trade probably comes up from Mexico because of the convenience, including using the trucking industry, which is also used for smuggling people as well as drugs.
Megan is correct that the fence is a highly controversial subject. It is hard to know if putting up a fence is right or wrong or for whom it is right or wrong. She shares that the narrator feels, and I agree, that the fence was not as well thought out as it could have been. I wonder if other options have ever been considered, such as helping Mexico financially instead of putting billions of dollars into a fence; or, help put honest people in office to help their economy grow and dissuade criminal activity. Is it possible to help Mexico in the same way that we help underprivileged countries by giving the tools to grow food and find water?
The lives of our Mexico neighbors on the border are so horrendous that one has a deep desire to help them.
I agree that those trying to get here by crossing the desert or using ‘coyotes’ are just regular people who want to escape the cartels and drug dealers. As I read Megan’s review, I was reminded about the ever so brave young woman, Hermila Garcia Quinones, 38 years old, who became Sheriff of a Texas border town. She took office in October 2010 and was murdered in November 2010. She would not take on security because she believed that her life would not be in danger because no one owned her. According to ABC News, she was known to often say, “If you don’t owe anything, you don’t fear anything.” There are good people in Mexico. However, the cartels do not want good, strong people in office. If they cannot own them, they kill them.
Megan’s review of ‘The Fence’ was well organized and her sources provide ample support. Because they are all fairly recent; from 2005 up to as recent October 2015, this tells me that the fence is still a very hot topic and resolutions to questions and problems are still
needed.