Mara Salvatrucha

Immigration has been the bane if this country since its founding. The faces of the immigrants has changed over time but the issue remains the same. What do we do with these immigrants seeking a better life? How do we protect the citizens of this country and most importantly their jobs? How many immigrants do we let in before we say that is enough? What impact do the immigrants have on this country and is it negative or positive? These questions have been tossed back and forth by the public and…

by the landowners in unfair circumstances. Gangs are another upset, whose actions have caused the murder and violence rate to be astronomical. There is some hope for the extravagant crime rate though, in May 2013 the two largest rival gangs, Mara Salvatrucha and the 18th Street Gang, came to a truce (Woodward, 2015). Honduras social structure tends to mirror that of other Latin American cultures, with a largely uneven wealth distribution, and those who do own capital from land ownership, foreign…

children banned together and MS-13 was born. They operate like a white collar crime gang regarding using business and smarts to make money. It offers employment to young gang members. The Gang has a hierarchy and there is an initiation (or hazing) into the gang which typically involves being “jumped” or beaten by other gang members before they can become a member. They also must shoot someone to earn the respect of the other gang members and to be given their stripes. The elders educate the…

Understanding today’s international order is a challenging mission since key actors and relations can influence the world in which we live. Throughout a changing environment, the rationale of state actors, combined with the behavior of non-state actors, willingly or unwillingly creates and modifies the international order because these actors want to change or modify the actual order. Therefore, international orders emerge through the establishment of organizing norms of power and stability…

The fact that the movie is called Wetback is to show just how much social inequality there is for these illegal immigrants. Just to try to live the “American dream”, these people go through checkpoints, starvation, possible robbery, and among other, even death. While the people of the United States have their own sense of poverty, it is much more prevalent in the southern countries. There isn’t a lot of work to be given around in the countries, and a lot of their money comes from what illegal…

Sex trafficking is the illegal trade of people with the purpose of exploiting them for income. It is the fastest growing international crime. There are many forms of human trafficking in which traffickers can exploit their victims, 18% of victims are introduced to labour where they are forced to commit acts of slavery or practices similar to slavery and servitude. 3% of victims are in the ‘other’ category which can involve the removal of organs and the remaining 79% of victims are used for…

Poverty in Mexico and South America has been the cause of many immigrants going in search of other means to provide for their families. The United States population consists of four percent of undocumented immigrants and in 2008, 8.3 million immigrants made up the workforce (Androff et. al). Immigrants face many difficulties throughout Mexico as they try and reach the United States. As stated by the Mexican National Institute of Migration, there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants who cross…

Section One/200-300 words 1. Drawing on the book, Sacrificing Families and the film we viewed in class, "De Nadie," explain why Latin American migrants come to the United States. Latin Americans migrate for many reasons; however, there are some individuals who assume that the primary reason people migrate is to seek the "American Dream" when in reality their reasons surpass that. Latin American migrants come to the United States as a last resort in order to either provide for their families or…

People’s values, beliefs and perceptions shape how they see issues in life. Because of people’s upbringing and culture that they have experienced throughtout their life will determined how they think. Their families, surrounding’s and country can influence someone’s personality which is why there are different groups that have different values and perceptions towards the issue of sex trafficking. These perspectives could be economic, social or cultural. An economic perspective is that they are…