Reflection About Border And Manzanar

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This week was our field trip week. It was great to finally leave campus and see the border and Manzanar. For the border patrol, I assumed fierce-looking officers and unfriendly atmosphere. On the contrary, the officers were really nice, and they were willing to answer the questions we had as best as they could. Furthermore, I didn’t expect we’d get that close to Mexico. It was a really interesting experience for me to see the Mexican buildings, people, and cars so up close. When I thought of the border, I was expecting a desert area with fences and soldiers with guns as Trump is threatening to build a wall around the border. Where I got this image of the border is probably from the DMZ. South Korea shares a border with North Korea, called the

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