Border checkpoint

The large number of people trying to escape into West Berlin created societal conflicts for both East and West Berlin. Many people who lived in East Berlin would try to escape into West Berlin for many reasons. Some wanted better jobs, better food, more material goods, and some just missed their families, causing them to want to escape into the West. From 1945-1959, an average of 700 people everyday made it to freedom from the East before they secured the Berlin Wall. During 1959, the 700 people…

undercover air marshals, and TSA screeners, and enhanced pat downs if necessary. New security technology was introduced and also passengers were subject to much more screening strategies some which also included not being able to wear shoes at checkpoints and not being able to take any type of liquids on the airplanes. Also watch lists were being kept at airports which prevented any induvial from having terrorist links from flying. Flying is nothing like it was 15 years…

example by using the story of undocumented immigrant Claudio Rojas and Marco Saavedra. Bogado explains Claudio Rojas story of being an illegal immigrant. Rojas was caught and detained after his son, Emiliano (also undocumented) was stopped at a checkpoint with no driver’s license. Rojas thought he was protected and pointed out that he had a valid driver’s license and a paid attorney. Unfortunately, he and his son were not protected and were escorted to detention. Rojas admits he and his son…

The beginning of the Cold War created a new era of division, power, and communist ideals. During this fight for control, one of the biggest construction endeavors in history took place, known as the Berlin Wall. This blockade was built by the Soviet Union and East Berlin soldiers in order to cease the flow of emigrants into the West. The formulation of the Berlin Wall led to a separation of the people, a fight for freedom in government, a struggle for survival, and a political battle between…

The rise of nationalism and antagonism in Serbian people felt that they had the right to a single country and feared that the other ethnic groups would exterminate them. When the fall of Yugoslavia happened, the Serbian politicians knew they needed to stir up fear and victimization to hide their real aim build a more significant Serbia. This aggressive Serbian nationalism broke the final thread that was holding Yugoslavia's nations in an arrangement. According to Vesna Pesci's report on Serbian…

boarding an aircraft.. Some of the precedures include, shoes must be removed at the check point, Specific ID required; ID name must match name on ticket. All baggage, carryon and checked, must be screened. No liquids (above 3.4 ounces) allowed through checkpoints, just to name a few. (Are We Safer in the Air Since 9/11?”, 2011)…

The term “empire” has become rather ubiquitous in our modern, globalizing world. But the framework around which to define and understand empire and the notions of imperialism within a modern context remains elusive. In trying to codify the complexities of empire, questions such as “Who is empire?”, “How is empire manifested?”, “Where can empire be seen?”, and “What is the nature of empire?” arise. Following World War II, though arguably seen as early as the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, the United…

Compare and Contrast the Ways in which Attitudes Towards Immigrants are Exposed in "The North" by Gregory Nava and "María Full of Grace" by Joshua Marston The goal of this essay will be to investigate the context of immigration through the US borders by examining two films i.e. The North by Gregory Nava and Maria Full of Grace by Joshua Marston. This is due to the increase in anti-immigration rhetoric that is depicted by media outlets today. Interestingly, most individuals admit that their…

her own feelings of being hurt, and finding her place in her new lifestyle, and she too, may be beginning to heal. Offred not only uses tulips to describe her emotional state but also the society she lives in describing it as, "The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups, but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end? They are, after all, empty. When they are old they turn themselves inside out, and then explode slowly, the petals thrown out like shards.…

A drug cartel is a criminal organization developed with the purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. Up until the early 1900s, the use of opium, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol were legal in the United States and could be purchased at pharmacies and stores. “Chinese merchants brought opium to Sinaloa back in the late 1800’s...and since then, Sinaloa has been…