Zhimin Yang
11/21/2014
Chavez
Summary
The chapter “Crossing Border” by Chaves in 1998, talks about the border is both figurative and physical separation. Some claim that the border line separating Mexico and United States is useless because many people still cross it illegally, others claim the border is a political fiction which is a route to achieve dreams and monetary responsibilities. For most of undocumented immigrants, the most fearful, ambiguity and scary period is when they are no longer in the old country but has not been accepted into the new country. There are many ways to cross the border, most importantly, one must know the border’s geography. The border begins from Pacific Ocean, family often meet at the beach near the fence for gathering and there is no fence in the water but a border patrol office often sits on a …show more content…
On the edge of the canal, migrants would wait for hours for the darkness of night to cross the border. Crossing illegally is not easy and leaves many terrible memories in migrants’ minds, but many return home and find they have been a crossing again, this time they also bring their family members. Crossing borders can describe as cat and mouse game, the officers are trying to stop them from crossing and the migrants are trying their best to get away from the officers. According to the research in 1984, there were 38,300,000 people crossed into United States which means approximately 3,200,000 crossers per month and 107,000 per day and most of them are in vehicles. When the family member leaves home for America, step on a such dangerous journey, the family behind must accept that the person may get hurt or killed without receiving notification from the officers. Crossing the boarder is filled with risk, but migrants still want to do it for
11/21/2014
Chavez
Summary
The chapter “Crossing Border” by Chaves in 1998, talks about the border is both figurative and physical separation. Some claim that the border line separating Mexico and United States is useless because many people still cross it illegally, others claim the border is a political fiction which is a route to achieve dreams and monetary responsibilities. For most of undocumented immigrants, the most fearful, ambiguity and scary period is when they are no longer in the old country but has not been accepted into the new country. There are many ways to cross the border, most importantly, one must know the border’s geography. The border begins from Pacific Ocean, family often meet at the beach near the fence for gathering and there is no fence in the water but a border patrol office often sits on a …show more content…
On the edge of the canal, migrants would wait for hours for the darkness of night to cross the border. Crossing illegally is not easy and leaves many terrible memories in migrants’ minds, but many return home and find they have been a crossing again, this time they also bring their family members. Crossing borders can describe as cat and mouse game, the officers are trying to stop them from crossing and the migrants are trying their best to get away from the officers. According to the research in 1984, there were 38,300,000 people crossed into United States which means approximately 3,200,000 crossers per month and 107,000 per day and most of them are in vehicles. When the family member leaves home for America, step on a such dangerous journey, the family behind must accept that the person may get hurt or killed without receiving notification from the officers. Crossing the boarder is filled with risk, but migrants still want to do it for