Immigrants are being hurt because of the border and the mindsets it enforces. I chose this topic because of what I talked about during debate. This year’s policy debate topic was to discuss a plan to decrease the United States federal government’s surveillance. My partner and I chose to talk about what was happening on the U.S.-Mexico border. Our interest was primarily sparked when we heard of Esequiel Hernández Jr. and his story of being killed unjustly by a marine. The U.S.-Mexico border and its “us-them” mentality has physical, psychological, and societal impacts on Mexican immigrants. The border creates extreme physical impacts on immigrants by forcing them into dangerous areas where food and water are scarce. Over 1,100 migrant bodies
