The Importance Of Living Close To The Border

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I agree with your statement, some people who live close to the border see why they would want to leave. Personally, I visited Progresso seeing people and children begging for money was sorrowing. Especially, because of corruption, that has been happening over the years, I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have to fear, for my life.
I agree, some companies and small business take advantage, paying people below minimum wage for personal gain, saddening, that people come here for opportunity, and don’t get to treated as an equal. What’s going on in the news could be debatable, but I personally don’t believe someone who is a citizen wouldn’t want to work in the fields. Although, life seems to have improved it’s still hard when people

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