Is a border wall worth the things migrants go through? Immigration is one of the biggest problems we face in America today. We know why people want to immigrate to America from different parts of the world. The three major factors are political, economic and social. But the things immigrants face in order to get to America is beyond To what extent, having a border wall is worth all the things migrants go through this journey? In this case, having a border wall is not worth the challenges migrants face on this journey. During the journey, migrants face the “unknowing” whether it’s their life or possible future in the US, it causes traumatic experiences which affects these migrants later on in life. To continue, The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos in the Migrant Trail, written by Oscar
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Ugarte, Laura Zarate and Melissa Farley summarizes cases dealing with trafficking and gives a historical background which is briefly descripted. In this research, it states, “Mexico to the United States, has been described as the longest running labor migration in the world.” (148). “Of the 50,000 people annually trafficked to the United States, a third are Latin Americans. … Women and children seeking work in the USA MUST rely on labor traffickers (coyotes) to help them cross the border in search of work. Going back to the article, The Border: Funneling Migrants to Their Doom, it states, “Undocumented migrants don’t invade drug trafficking routes because they’re defiant. Nor do they attempt to pass through these danger zones because they’re reckless. They do it because they’re left with no other option.” (pg. 8). Once again we can go back, to The Beast, when Martinez writes they believe the robberies and assaults are the inevitable tolls of the road, which gives these migrants some sort of justification to get to the
Ugarte, Laura Zarate and Melissa Farley summarizes cases dealing with trafficking and gives a historical background which is briefly descripted. In this research, it states, “Mexico to the United States, has been described as the longest running labor migration in the world.” (148). “Of the 50,000 people annually trafficked to the United States, a third are Latin Americans. … Women and children seeking work in the USA MUST rely on labor traffickers (coyotes) to help them cross the border in search of work. Going back to the article, The Border: Funneling Migrants to Their Doom, it states, “Undocumented migrants don’t invade drug trafficking routes because they’re defiant. Nor do they attempt to pass through these danger zones because they’re reckless. They do it because they’re left with no other option.” (pg. 8). Once again we can go back, to The Beast, when Martinez writes they believe the robberies and assaults are the inevitable tolls of the road, which gives these migrants some sort of justification to get to the