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O’Odham reservation, leaving water and medicine for migrants making their way through US-Mexican border territory: it is territory which is inhospitable, if less heavily securitized. Characterized by rattlesnakes, extreme temperatures, and a complete lack of drinkable water, it is a geography described by former Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service Doris Meissner as a “natural ally” to US Border Patrol, producing tens of thousands of migrant corpses annually. I place three…

resolution of the problem, but the issue still resides in our society. President Obama has done quite a few things to assist in solving the immigration issue. First, he took actions to increase the chances that illegal immigrants crossing the border between Texas and Mexico be caught and directed back to Mexico. Also, the president has taken action in deporting illegal immigrants that are threats to our country, such as, terrorists, gang members, and other violent criminals. Lastly,…

are different as less worthy. The migrant identity is reinforced through acts of othering, which are part of performing exclusion (Rose-Redwood, Migrant Ethnicity and Britishness, 2016). State borders are a prominent example of performativity theory, as they are reproduced daily; physically through border guards and also ideologically by reinforcing the nation as needing protection from ‘others’. National identity is based on exclusion and performing the exclusion of the ‘other’, which creates…

that time, America had stepped up and took a leadership role in accepting migrants. By accepting, a large amount of refugees the Unites States played an important role in international affairs. Compared to a country like Hungry who has closed its borders to refugees and many theorist would say is xenophobic. With it’s history of “Ottoman rule in the 16th and 17th centuries”.(3) Many states are afraid of the possible threat refugees have based on their own history as well as the history of the…

Annalise Hack 26 March 2024 History 2301 Short Paper #1 Following the Mexican Revolution, disarray and social unrest spread far and wide across Mexico's people and their government, raising tensions among opposing political parties and the people of the border circling Rio Grande. Thesis: An in-depth analysis of the South Texas uprising of 1915, reviewed from the articles of James Sandos and Harold Weiss, details the Plan of San Diego as a revolutionary effort of shared economic and interracial…

For decades, our American borders have been under assault. For numerous diverse reasons, America has an extremely high immigration rate. Unfortunately, that means our country is also experiencing very high illegal immigration rates. The flow of people into our country has begun to reach serious levels. Our border states, specifically along the southern border, have struggled with controlling the overflow of illegal immigrants. With this upsurge of undocumented peoples, our country is being…

For majority of the novel, the main characters are essentially trapped and find it difficult to move place to place. Just as Vint noted about Tropic of Orange, “Tropic of Orange traces the obscured networks of globalization: the imaginary lines of borders that allow capital and commodities but not people to pass” (Vint 405).As seen with one the main characters, Bobby, he struggles to find Sol and Rafaela and to get to them is extremely difficult. This lack of mobility for these characters shows…

On the day, February 6, 1999 Dago and Aracely left their hometown Namiquipa, Chihuahua to purse “The American Dream”. The couple had just gotten married and were 18. To pursue their dreams, they would have to cross the border to the United States. Like many immigrants, they would go in search for a a better life for them and for their families. The couple found a coyote and had set the cross date for Feb. 14 at 1 am, this would make it harder to be spotted. They had payed 2,00 for both to cross.…

analyzing two articles on the subject, "Imagining the Immigrant: Why Legality Must Give Way to Humanity” by John J. Savant, a writing professor at Dominican University of California and writer of philosophy, ethics, and morality, and "The Perpetual Border Battle" by Mark Krikorian, a nationally recognized expert on immigration issues, we find the true motive behind these so called "aliens" and what we should do about it. While both speak on the subject and why so many people are flooding to the…

different and more humane views towards immigration laws. If more people and scholars were educated on the conditions that deny certain people living in Mexico and Central America a chance of living a better life, then maybe we wouldn’t have borders. Borders and imaginary lines that separate different classes. Classes that bleed the same color when…