Mexico – United States border

something she didn’t want to keep doing. So she made the decision of coming to the United States. How she was going to do it with a three-month old baby I had no idea, but she did. She was just an average teenager, with long curly black hair and beautiful tan skin with a will to have a better life. This eighteen-year-old is none other than my mom. Almost twenty-two years ago, she made the decision to come to the United States so that my siblings and I could have a better life, a life that my mom…

The social political issues left behind after Mexico won its Independence from Spain can be attributed to many different sources stemming from the 300 years of Spanish colonization. On September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo, a parish priest, called for the rebellion of the indigenous people of Mexico against Spanish occupation “El Grito De Dolores” marking this day as Mexico’s Day of Independence. May the 5th is a battle that occurred in Puebla while defending against the French which, in my…

silence them, understanding that they are only fortifying the stress on her to drive to the United States Border quicker. Glancing at her, the composed face, she constantly places on during trying situations only belied by the incessant tapping of her foot on the bottom of the car and the furrowing of her brows. Slanting my back to watch the scenery from the window, my mind wandering back to our home in Mexico. I reminisce about the memories there, a gentle smile fixed on my face when I remember…

This week’s article focused on NAFTA and the debate over its impact. Authors McBride and Aly analyze the argument for and against NAFTA and its impact on the economy’s involved: The United States, Mexico and Canada. NAFTA is an agreement between these 3 countries and it implementation meant the removal of most tariffs on traded products between the three countries. Furthermore, the agreement set rules for intellectual property and other trade elements between the 3 countries. The authors give…

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910, which ended dictatorship and establish a republic. Mexico was always going through rebellion. It had a difficult time finding a government that the people liked and supported. The main figures were Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. A constitution was drafted back in 1917, but it was reinforced into later on. The revolution was an attempt to overthrow the current president. This would result in civil war in which over 1…

documentary was essentially about Latin Americans, from Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico that migrated to the United States. This documentary went in depth on the history between America and all these countries individually. Each country had a complex history where they migrated to the United States because of many dangerous environments within their country that was caused directly or indirectly by the United States. Many Latin Americans went through hell in order to get here…

such as United States of America, Canada, and Japan have the highest percentages of households with Internet access. Countries in South America often have a much lower number of households with Internet, and have thin bandwidth coverage. In Mexico, about 35% of homes have a computer, but 14% of these percentages do not have access to Internet. In comparison to other countries in South America, Mexico lags behind other nations such as Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Northern parts of Mexico closer…

payment. It will be in a form, perhaps a complicated form," he said. Donald Trump built his campaign on the promise of building a great southern border wall and getting Mexico to pay for it. But the executive order he announced Wednesday, while it may nod in the direction of that pledge, is not a change in policy, nor is it even an instrument that could compel Mexico to foot the bill. What it is, actually, is proof that the promise of a wall has always been a house of cards.…

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…

The Ignored Face of Mexico Racial discrimination is generally something Americans think of as a white and black issue. It can be hard to realize that other racial groups are subject to prejudice especially right at our southern border. The native people of Mexico are suffering through a systematic form of racial discrimination, but they do nothing to fight back for their rights. Mexicans native and other claim that racial discrimination is not a problem in their country at all even though…