Mexico – United States border

A Tale of Two Countries Seth Holmes’s article, “‘Is it worth risking your life?’: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S. – Mexico border,” describes the many hazardous risks of crossing the border by providing a detailed account of Holmes’s personal experience embarking on the border journey with the Triqui indigenous group. Holmes emphasizes the grave encounters migrants face not only in the desert, but with public opinions and policies as well. Before reading Holmes’s article, I had…

people from south America and Mexico trying to illegally enter the United States. Due to their social location or, the group memberships that people have because of their location in history and society, they are subjected to conditions here in America we would never experience. Ana’s father could no longer afford to pay for tuition for her schooling so she had to be pulled from the 7th grade. In the US, school up through high school is free because with federal and state taxes we can afford…

stereotyped as the “dominant” race over the years. Many different minorities were encouraged to migrate to the United States to work. A minority is a group of people who are discriminated against in a community because of race, religion, or language. There are complaints about fairness at work, the payment minorities receive, welfare, etc. Klein, the co-chair of the Kapor Center for Social Impact, states that managers who are white, will react with more stubbornness towards people of color who…

country in the world, the United States (U.S.) boasts a thriving economy, an extraordinary military, and opportunity for all. Despite the prominence of the world superpower, the US is actually in decline. Standing on the laurels of 20th century leaders, America no longer fosters the rapid growth it once enjoyed. American society finds itself in a state of deterioration due to the declining value of the US dollar in the global economy, the inability to control the borders, and the dissatisfaction…

The celebrations of holidays include art. Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that is traced back more than 2,500 years to the rituals of ancient indigenous tribes of Mexico. This holiday celebrates the family and friends who have passed. Day of the Dead is celebrated the 1st and 2nd of November. They believe that overnight on Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”) the souls of their loved ones whom have passed will return to visit their family and friends who are living. People who celebrate…

Theodore Roosevelt did the most in helping the United States meet its foreign policy. Roosevelt made many contributions such as the power he created for America, the territory he gained, and the negotiations and peace he made with other countries. Roosevelt believed in a large and powerful navy. Roosevelt successfully built up our navy into one of the largest in the world. This was achieved when battleships were added to our fleet and the number of men enlisted was increased. Once Roosevelt was…

The terrorist group named ISIS, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, has stirred up some trouble and turmoil in the Middle East and Syria. The terror group started from one man’s dream of spreading terror throughout the land and getting rid of the Shiites. That ambition caught a headwind and had received…

The struggle of millions of illegal immigrants pursuing the American Dream. An illegal immigrant (alias alien) is a citizen of a different nationality who enters the United States without permission or someone who is granted a visa and stays here after their visa has expired. Immigrants come from all over the world. They come from Mexico, South America, Europe, Africa and Asian Countries. Many Immigrants cross to the U.S. by trains, boats, cars, semi-trucks, walking, running, swimming, crossing…

The U.S.-Mexican border is the most dangerous area in the U.S. and in order to prevent the leak of drugs and crime we need funding for any form of border control. To prove that the border between Mexico and the U.S. is dangerous and in need of better support, I did some research. Since year 2010, there have been three thousand six hundred twenty-two shootings, stabbings, and deaths by torture. As a journalist in Ciudad Juarez, Julian Cardona has often heard and witnessed beheadings. Julian also…

John Reed is against invading Mexico because he does not see a need to invade an alien country and race only to force our own countries problems on top of their own. Throughout his article reed describes his experiences while researching the people of Mexico and the war from their side of the border. Reed argues against many assumptions made from the American people about Mexicans being war hungry, uncivilized, uncleanly, poor, ruffians. Reed mentions how many of the Mexicans fighting in the…