In “Walled Off,” Mary Kate Frank presents the effects of the idea of building a wall between the United States and Mexico. In response to President Trump’s executive order for the construction of the wall, Mexican President Pena Nieto refused to allow Mexico pay for it. Trump’s proposals, such as building the wall and increasing deportations, and his negative characterization of Mexicans have created tensions between the U.S. and Mexico. Both countries’ economies would be devastated if the countries’ relationship were to be severed. Even though Mexico’s economy has improved and fewer Mexicans are immigrating illegally to the United States, Mexico faces the challenges of poverty, violence, and the illegal drug trade, and Mexicans represent
