Amanda Rose’s introduction of, The Showdown in the Sonoran Desert sets the stage for a multitude of information that ultimately explains the migration experience of Mexicans. More importantly, she explains how the militarization of the US-Mexican border has resulted in more deaths in the Sonoran Desert in that past decade than any other time. Due to the highly defended boarder, migrants could no longer take the easier routes like “swimming the Rio Grande or dashing the Tijuana/San Diego divide” (Rose 5). Instead, migrants resort to the Sonoran Desert because boarders near that area are less protected. Ultimately, Roses shares the horrific experiences that migrants must undergo to get to what they believe will be their freedom and the ongoing fight of the US to keep migrants from entering.
She touches on themes like, biblical hospitality, immigration policies, and the different points of views that collectively revolve around the …show more content…
She tries to emphasize with the idea of maintaining the border in more humanly and effective way. She asks the readers questions on a possible solution, but she responds “Making matters worse, all of these questions are connected to even larger, and sometimes more abstract, historical and psychological forces: our various understandings of multiculturalism, diversity, patriotism, hospitality, capitalism, neighborliness, global terrorism, and the self-other encounter” (Rose 153). To actually take care of the illegal immigration dilemma, we must settle with deep-rooted issues of our own. The problem is too large to accommodate with a simple solution because there are so forces at work. The border is now a symbol of fear, color, and capitalism. Once we are able to truly understand the meaning and honest purpose of the barrier, then perhaps there will be room for a
She touches on themes like, biblical hospitality, immigration policies, and the different points of views that collectively revolve around the …show more content…
She tries to emphasize with the idea of maintaining the border in more humanly and effective way. She asks the readers questions on a possible solution, but she responds “Making matters worse, all of these questions are connected to even larger, and sometimes more abstract, historical and psychological forces: our various understandings of multiculturalism, diversity, patriotism, hospitality, capitalism, neighborliness, global terrorism, and the self-other encounter” (Rose 153). To actually take care of the illegal immigration dilemma, we must settle with deep-rooted issues of our own. The problem is too large to accommodate with a simple solution because there are so forces at work. The border is now a symbol of fear, color, and capitalism. Once we are able to truly understand the meaning and honest purpose of the barrier, then perhaps there will be room for a