The Fence Documentary Analysis

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1) The HBO documentary The Fence interviewed by Rory Kennedy shows the flaws behind the U.S government’s decision to build a 700 mile fence along the Mexico border. The documentary shows the Mexicans point of view and U.S border portal and the minutemen point of view. Throughout the documentary the narrator gives facts about why the fence was build and why the fence is not working because of its flaws. The Mexican talk about how the wall has effected them trying to come to the United States and why they still try to cross the fence. The broader portal and minutemen talk about how dangerous it is for the Mexicans to cross the border and how it is hurting wild life.
It was interesting to see the prospective of the Mexicans and the prospective
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I loved how creative it was with showing the diagrams of the fence and showing old clips of the president talking to put everything in perspective. I thought that this documentary really shows just how flawed the fence is and how it does not help the problem with illegal immigrants coming into the United States.
2) The U.S Mexico Border is a controversial topic to disgust. America is known as the melting pot of the world. People from all around the world came here to live a better life. When watching “The Fence” Many believed that putting up a fence was an un-American thing to do. But what is there to do to stop illegal immigrants from raising children who are born American citizens? How do we stop the Immigrants from illegally coming to the United States? This is a complicated question to answer.
If the United States decided to create an easy plan to help all undocumented immigrants became American citizens this plan would not work. Yes it might be easy to just decide to make it easier for these undocumented immigrants to become a citizens and then we would not have the problem, but it is rewarding illegal activity and then many more people will cross the Mexican broader because they know that the United States government makes it easy for them to be U.S.

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