Border checkpoint

In America every year, thousands gather in Alaska, to watch the greatest dog sled race in the world. 100 mushers start at the starting line in Anchorage, Alaska, and travel thousands of miles, to the finish line is Nome, Alaska. They are put out with many challenges along the way. Frost bite, below freezing temperatures, etc. etc. But somehow they all have a goal, the goal of being an idol to someone. To show people and kids, that it’s okay to go out there, when the chances are slim of surviving…

These include spending $11.9 billion a year on border enforcement and having five times as many border patrol agents than when they started in the 1990s. They have also walled off nearly 700 miles of the border to try and further prevent illegal immigrants from crossing. States have also attempted to pass laws that would make life for the immigrants so terrible that they would…

Nearly 60,000 unaccompanied migrant children were apprehended along the U.S. Mexico border between October 2013 and September 2014. Is there anything more frustrating than wanting a happy life, but knowing that it will never happen without help along the way? How does wanting to sacrifice everything you have to reach a dead end sound? These are a few minor, yet inconvenient effects Enrique experienced in wanting to attain a substantial lifestyle with his mother. While others ambitions are…

This was only the beginning of what expanded to become a vast wall. Once the barbed wire was down, they began closing down checkpoints between East and West Berlin. The barbed wire was soon replaced by a fifteen foot concrete wall that was under constant surveillance of guards located in watch towers. “East Germans who were able to escape over this wall were met with more surprises…

When I first come to America When I first time came to America, I even never had spoken English before. So, English could be a big challenge for me, and it actually came true soon after I got up my flight. When we were about to cross American border, the crew gave us a form which needs us to fix it, but I didn’t know how to do it, by the way, my English was really poor at that time. I wanted to ask the passage on my left, but I didn’t know how to ask the question I want to express. That was so…

immigrants who cross the Mexican border totaling 400,235 immigrants each year (Gorney). The dangers of immigrants crossing borders to pursue the American Dream are staggering: extremely dangerous grounds, corruption, and devastating climate. For many men, women and children…

Stop tweeting, stop texting and stop face-booking, you think you’re private messaging? Think again. Someone is always watching; our government has made it this way. Doesn’t that sound familiar, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins? The capitol has complete control over Panem. The Hunger Games is about 12 districts that are forced to give up two tributes to fight to the death in an arena. But throughout the book the story isn’t just that, it shows how controlling the Capitol is, in which they…

Francisco. Protests of this case were heightened when the observers found that Boyd had a mental illness. They were amplified even more when the officers tear gassed all of the demonstrators (Pinto). In the protests, the individuals fight the officers and Border Patrol to challenge the constitutionality of the system (Kimbell). YouTube videos are new, growing reactions to officers’ brutal acts. They are slowly helping to restore constitutional rights by catching the police in their ruthless…

“Immigrants weren’t here looking for work, they were poor, lazy families that would contribute less than they received to the country.” Davis logos describes laws passed making it legal to “hunt for illegal immigrants.” President Bush militarized the border to “capture immigrants and prevent migrants from…

After the devastating events that occurred on September 11, 2001, the numbers 9 and 11 are no longer just two ordinary numbers. These numbers are a constant reminder to the American people that such a catastrophe is possible and no one can predict what the future holds. These numbers now serve as more than just an emergency telephone number. These numbers mean something personal to all Americans who witnessed this historic event not long ago. The 2,977 deaths on that day in the World Trade…