Mexico – United States border

When Americans think of the United States southern border they believe its rife with illegal activities primary done by illegal immigrants. In reality most illegal crimes such as drug smuggling are being committed by United State citizens. This information that Americans were mainly transporting drugs over the border was widely unknown to the public particularly when authorities mainstream foreign suspects especially from Mexico. For this reason, it appears the border is not secure and gives a…

The Merida Initiative is a partnership between the United States of America and Mexico, created to fight organized crime and violence. Based on both countries cooperation and trust we are slowly eliminating drugs and violence between the US and Mexico. The Merida Initiative is a very effective and a helpful bond that our country shares with Mexico that offers many benefits. Both the United States and Mexico are doing as much as they can to help eliminate these issues that have been going on for…

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…

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…

When the availability of a drug is low, then the price and demand will go up. So when a drug is made illegal to get or produce in the United States other countries like Mexico raise their prices to match the rising need for their drugs. With this addicts are able to get their drugs and the suppliers are able to get their money, so a cycle begins. With this cycle addicts will pay and do anything to get their…

image of the border as an obstacle. The border between the United States is not only used and an actual dividing line in the movies but a division between the families. The division between the families is felt between the members who were born in the United States and the members born in Mexico. In the movie “Mi Familia” the son, Jimmy, and his siblings do not remember the struggles that their family had crossing the border. The hardships that their family went through put a border up…

generation. One of his main issues that he brought up in his campaign was that of trade. Throughout the election he talked about the United States was getting “screwed” while everyone else gets rich off of America. The keys things he wanted to do was do away with or renegotiate America’s involvement with international trades. Trump wants to renegotiate NAFTA with Canada and Mexico.…

The annexation of Texas by the United States provoked the Mexican ambassador and relations between the two nations were severed. However, the president of Mexico, Jose Joaquin Herrera, wanted to negotiate with the United States because he knew his country did not have the resources for a war. Herrera also knew that the Mexican people would be outraged at the loss of Texas. During negotiations, Herrera and Polk disagreed on the boundaries of Texas. Mexico believed Texas ended at the Nueces River.…

people see the U.S Mexico border as a marker of territory belonging to the U.S and the territory belonging to Mexico. However, to many others the border symbolizes and means much more than that. Gloria Anzaldua, Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz and Alejandro Lugo speak of these other meanings that many times are swept under the rug. In The Homeland, Aztlan from Borderlands: La Frontera, Gloria Anzaldua speaks of the differences between the experiences of people living on the U.S side of the border and of…

with Mexico? Before April 25, 1846, American you know today wasn't the same If America didn’t go to war with Mexico, American would only be half of the size it was today. This all started because Texas declared its independence from Mexico. Mexico wasn’t so thrilled about Texas actions. Which, leads to the question, was America justified to war with Mexico? The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because, America invaded mexico ,American were stealing land from Mexico,…