Borders of the United States

Immigration is one of many issues that are going on in the United States. Most people from Mexico cross the border to seek a better life. Others to provide opportunities for their families. Some immigrants,however,smuggle drugs through the borders of the United States. That´s why I believe that immigration laws should be strict. Likewise, Mexico is run by drug cartels. The New York Times states that, a ¨...kilo sells for upwards of 100,000-more than its weight in gold.¨"meaning they earn…

Urrea reveals a horrific true story of twenty-six immigrants crossing the Mexican border trying to find hope in the world. The Devil’s Highway is 193.9 miles of dry Arizona dessert eating lives of innocents. Luis Urrea describes in depth the voyage of twenty-six Mexicans with the death of fourteen immigrants who devastatingly failed to reach the United States for a better life. The government policies of United States and Mexico has contributed in the loss of governmental money and lives of…

One of the causes of the involvement in drug trafficking between Mexico and the United States is the narco-culture in society. As the author of the article said most of the young people get involved in this crime because they see this Cartel leaders as heroes. They want to have all the money and power their have. The narco-lifestyles as it is called, is glamorized through narcocorridos (The narcocorrido is a musical composition that is notorious for its violent protagonists and powerful…

S. - Mexico border has become under scrutiny, then Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump announcement that he was going to build a wall along the southern boundary of Mexico and the U.S. to protect Americans from "Some bad Hombres"(Cummings). It's no secret that the Mexican drug cartels are conducting drug and human trafficking into the U.S. via tunnels from one border town into another and in some instances has been known to attempt to bring these items and persons though US Border Patrol…

Starting in the colonial era, America became a nation of immigrants. In 1904, watchmen, Border Patrol Agents now days, would patrol the United States border to avoid the illegal entry of immigrants. However, their jobs were not as constant. Watchmen would only patrol when there was enough money to pay for their services. Now days, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s primary mission is to protect America’s borders at all times from the illegal entry of immigrants, drugs, weapons as well…

itself especially in a common language and history, and often led to the desire for an independent state” (McKay, 651). A country that exhibited this was Italy. From the 19th century to the 21st century, Italian nationalism was expressed through music and politics. The goal of nationalism was to unify a country by creating a sense of national pride and to hopefully create their own sovereign state, but moving into the 20th and 21st centuries, the goal developed into an obsession to be number one…

Desert of Arizona. There are thousands of illegal immigrants that try to venture across the border from Mexico to the United States of America. This book illustrates several fields of anthropology, such as archaeology, forensic science, ethnography, and linguistics. De Leon uses these four significant fields to critique the “Prevention through Deterrence” which is the enforcement policy for the federal border that motivates migrants to pass in areas with severe natural and environmental…

of refugees from surrounding poor countries and Syrians fleeing war. Migrant crises is nothing new to The United States and its southern states being discussed in, “America Is Committed to take more Syrian Refugees, According to John Kerry”(Reuters and Vice). Details how many refuges The United States is going to bring in. In 1975 National agreements sent 275,000 refugees to The United States as a result of war, “What History Can Teach Us About The Worst Refugee Crisis Since WW II” (Alfred).…

America had a disagreement on what the border of Texas was. The U.S. thought that the border was the Rio Grande , while Mexico thought it was the Nueces River. This quarrel then led to the war , the prize being the land. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because America believed in manifest destiny and that God gave them the land to overspread and also because 16 Americans were killed by Mexicans on American territory. The United States was justified in going to war…

Wars in the United States have been fought over a variety of issues such as territory, resources, or political freedom. A key component of war is why and how the war began . Although ideally war should be avoided and compromise and negotiation should be the focus, wars still occur for a variety of reasons. When war does occur there are conditions outlined in the “Just War Theory” that determine whether the war is just or unjust. In United States history, the Mexican-American War and the…