United States Border Patrol

The author interviews and visits people with many different cultural backgrounds and views on immigration. These include border patrol agents, human rights activists, environmentalists, and the ranchers who live near the border. This conflict can be felt between these viewpoints all throughout the book. It gives the reader a clear perspective of what’s going on at the border. It is a constant struggle over immigration not only in the government, but also between the Arizona residents who call…

unaccompanied children are apprehended every year by U.S. border agents. In 2008, the U.S. Congress passed a law called the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act, mandating that every Mexican child who crossed illegally without a parent be interview by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents. However, the border agents are not fulfilling their duties. And it describes in detail how children at the U.S.-Mexico border are being sent back to Mexico with…

Immigration and Border Patrol have always been a very controversial topic to talk about. On one side you have people coming into the country looking for a better future and life for themselves and their children. On the other side there's Border Patrol who are doing a better job with more manpower and improved technology on keeping illegal immigrants out. There have also been efforts -- such as DACA, FFF, and NLIC -- to help illegal immigrants who have crossed the border and are living in the…

The USA Patriot Act is a ten letter acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This act was passed in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the world trade center. It was an act of congress that passed six weeks after on October 26, 2001. This was signed into law by George W. Bush. The Patriot Act was passed almost unanimously by the senate with a vote of 98 to 1 and it passed in the house 357 to 66…

great wall along the southern border. And Mexico will pay for the wall.” He plans to build a wall to separate Mexico and the United States. Donald Trump believes that this will solve the immigration issues that the United States are having today. Not only is he planning to build the wall, but he wants Mexico to pay for it. However, this was the better option for Mexico because Donald Trump gave them the option of either paying their debts to the United States, or paying for the wall.…

World War II, though arguably seen as early as the Monroe Doctrine in 1823, the United States has often been referred to as an “empire” as it’s militaristic, economic, and political grasp has expanded around the world. What were once clear instances of imperial power seen in examples such as France’s expansion throughout Europe under Napoleon…

was a surrounded with suspense featuring action and life threatening events for a teen that was separated from his moms an early age. The movie was filmed in Mexico and Los Angeles, and it was released in 2008 with showing in both Mexico and the United States. I am a single parent, and I selected La Misma Luna because I am attracted to or interested in mother-type oriented films telling stories of or relating to female-headed households. The movie had three primary actors: La Misma Luna starred…

Ethical Evaluation of Border Patrol Case Study in Dealing with an Employee The daily struggle to not compromise ethical values, morals, and avoid corruption is a challenge for any law enforcement officer, border patrol agents are not immune, and in fact the temptation to deviate from appropriateness may be more frequent. Such was the situation in the case of Michael Gilliland, a former United States Border Patrol Officer. According to the webpage, Border Corruption, in calendar year two…

always obvious, this leading us to the uncertainty when it comes to the way we deliberate our decisions. So is the case of the United States when facing the…

Illegal immigrants either in the United States or making their way into the country are constantly under fire of generalizations. The goal of a generalization is to help explain why an event occurs while looking at patterns and reoccurring factors, and predict what will happen in the future. Such can be explained with the behaviors of the illegal immigrants moving through the United States and Canada. As seen in the documentary, Wetbacks, it was not the first time that many of these people had…