The basic want for many individuals is to have a better life. Regardless of our socioeconomic status, family background, ethnicity, and so on; we are all trying to improve upon at least one facet of our current situation, in some aspect. Yet, some of toughs who live in the United States take for granted the vast opportunities presented to them. The extreme obliviousness of these individuals, gives them negative biases about immigrants, especially the numerous that cross illegally. In Crossing Arizona, it opens your eyes to the struggles of those crossing the border. Told from both sides, those effected by the illegal immigrants and the illegal immigrants themselves, you can see where the many problems lie. When watching this movie, I was appalled …show more content…
Therefore, instead of focusing on increased border security, deportation, and the hunting down of illegals, wasted recourses could go to other ways for possible solutions to this problem. Still, the perhaps millions of dollars spent on all of these activities could be redirected in a more positive manner. Nevertheless, these funds could be used to help Mexico’s, economy, job opportunities, and health care. Furthermore, if more support was given in these areas there would be less reason for immigrants to cross the boarder illegally. Another possible solution would be to implement or change a policy regarding immigration and make it and overall easier process. Moreover, it is hard to say what those would do if they were in these immigrants situations. Often, we are too stuck in one view point, not looking from the perception of …show more content…
For instance, many of those living in Arizona feel that problems are caused by immigration when really it is caused by other faults in the government. Similarly, one of the main activists for increased boarder security said by doing this they would be keeping the criminals and drug dealers out. In reality most of those that cross the border are good people and there will always be criminals, their ethnicity is completely irrelevant. Crossing Arizona, also made the excellent point of there will always be some focus on a minority causing issues for the United States, the ethnicities just change over
...y crossing the border does not bring any happiness in their life, actually makes their present life worse. Parents lose their children as a consequence of their wrong decision of sending their children to the United States, and then they have nothing to do, unless regretting. Even teenager abandoned by their parents, and taking their own decision to cross the border realizes that their temptation of getting a better life actually brings more frustration in their life because the path is very tough and most of the time impossible. Throughout the movie the logic, the evidence, and the reality she represents helps her to accomplish logos, ethos, and pathos which makes her argument strong. So it is obvious to say that Rebecca Cammisa’s argument the unaccompanied parents should not allow their unaccompanied children to cross the border is effective and convincing.
Joshua Davis writes how on a drive back to Phoenix there was an immigration checkpoint, “Everybody’s heart rate kicked up…and Oscar prepared for the worst. He imagined being torn from his family and dropped across the border” (107). This is a constant fear illegal immigrants live with. Since my parents and oldest brother had no papers, I lived with constant paranoia. I was scared that from one moment to the next my family will be taken from me, and that I would have to grow up in a foster home without them. This fear was always there whenever I saw police, no matter the reason police was there. Illegal immigrants wake up every day with the uncertainty if it will be last day they see their families. I felt the same fear Oscar and the boys felt that day, because it will be horrible to be separated from a
This movie is based on changing the lives of Mexican Americans by making a stand and challenging the authority. Even when the cops were against them the whole time and even with the brutal beatings they received within one of the walk out, they held on. They stuck to their guns and they proved their point. The main character was threatened by the school administrators, she was told if she went through with the walkout she would be expelled. While they wanted everyone who was going to graduate to simply look the other way, the students risked it all and gave it their all to make their voices
There are millions of people who attempt to cross the border every day. These people cross the border from different countries to the United States to live a better life, to provide for their loved ones, and to live the American Dream. The American Dream is to be able to spend time with family while paying the house bills and the car bill all while having a job. People migrating to the United States could be an advantage and a disadvantage in the United States. In “The Crossing” by Ruben Martinez the social issue is immigration. Immigration is a problem in this story because we see a lot of immigrants trying to migrate to the United States. Ruben Martinez mentions in the short story “The Crossing” This desert is armed with Mexican and American
Specifically, one of those was the insecurity felt by the children as they traveled through Mexico. At one point in the film, the boys talked about how they were robbed and abused by Mexican authorities. One of them spoke briefly about how it took several Mexican officials to take his watch off his arm, because he refused to hand it over. This issue leads back to one that was described earlier in this paper, the influence organized crime has on the Mexican government. The major issue that was cited in this documentary however, is the growing number of unaccompanied children traveling to the United States. This issue has two sides to it, the social side and the political side. The first side of this issue starts at the home country of each of these children. Their government is not able or not willing to help them, and as a result they live in poverty and without access the basic human needs; water, food, shelter. This leads the children to want better for themselves and ultimately to take the decision to travel to the U.S. On the political side, the unaccompanied children are causing Mexico and the United States to spend more money on Immigration. This because they have to create more detention centers for minors, they have to house and feed them until they are deported to their country of origin. Throughout the film these issues are put into the perspective of the children. The reason the directors did this, was to show the challenges the children face as they made their journey. The reason they used that perspective is because it is a unique one. It is not every day that you hear about a 12 year old who traveled across Mexico and into the United States
The issue of undocumented immigrants has been a huge debate in the 2016 Presidential Debate. The increase in undocumented immigrants to the US has Americans scared that the increase is more like an invasion, but there are so many other reasons on why it is better to keep our undocumented immigrant population than deport them. The fact they better our economy, by taking low end jobs, or increasing our GDP per capita by 4% is a great place to start(). Most Americans say that deporting the undocumented immigrants is in America’s best interest, but in reality, the undocumented immigrants help America and even Americans themselves.
Immigration has quickly come to the surface as one of the United States’ major problems. More specifically, illegal immigration on the Mexican border. Everyday more and more people sneak across the border in hopes of a better life. Many Americans consider it to be a bad thing, but it is not. In some ways these people do improve our country. People of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds cross the border. Many are women and children looking to start over. About 175,900 immigrants enter the US every year from Mexico. Some things that come along with immigration are border militarization, amnesty, deportation, and the threat of terrorism.
The central conflict stem from the mitigation and assimilation factors that immigrants face. To assume that all Mexicans follow a clear path that will result in the same thing is nonsense, as Mexicans are as multifaceted as every other culture. As one will see that the conflicting part of this play is the fact that there are a menagerie of stereotypes. With so many types who will one person assume that one is better then another creating a conundrum, of which results in an adverse result. But as much as the conflict that arise from certain situations tend to result in another problem. It becomes a never ending story that tend to stigmatize groups of people.
The film illustrated the inequality of Mexican Americans who were fighting to live in a more equal world where whites aren’t seen as superior and having a higher class. It depicts the struggle of daily living and the unfairness towards Hispanics who should be treated as significant as whites because they had the right. Mexican Americans lived in the cruelty of the elite race even when they risked their lives in WWII. Many individuals fought to protect their loved ones at home and essentially the whole country, in hopes of coming home to a change that would benefit their lives. Ultimately, they were let down, they came back only to find everything untouched and the same. Thus, resulting in some influential impacts that progressed them to make
This source argues why the increased militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border has not been successful in reducing undocumented residents in the U.S. This is because immigration laws that attempted to limit migration from Mexico made reentry more difficult so the workers that would return after the farming season had no choice but to stay in America.. This source is trying to make a claim on how border enforcement is not the correct path to follow in America’s undocumented immigrant problem. This source organizes its material by explaining how America’s militarized borders came to be, then it explains the immigration trends depicted in their data, and finishes off with possible policy solutions The authors in question are involved in the Mexican
We’ve all seen the Internet and TV go wild when America’s candidate Donald Trump spoke.
This scene explains how biased many institutions can be, and how absurd it is to see that your racial ethnicity may determine whether or not you’re a profitable project to invest in. this scene may have helped spurring prop 209 which prohibit public institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity. Then he goes inside a gun store that is owned by neo-Nazi enthusiast. The owner thinks D-fens is a member but was proven wrong. This scene may explain how whites think minorities/immigrants are taking over major cities turning whites into minorities. Furthermore, the scene highlights an explanation as why many Americans concerned about illegal immigrant, but this also leads to a mix up between legal and illegal immigrants when viewed by white majorities. Speaking in terms of our previous discussions, many Americans believe that legal/illegal immigrants are living off public benefits and do not contribute in any ways to the publics good. The subject may have helped spurring proposition
Illegal Immigration is a big problem in the U.S. , America is often called the mixing pot of the world. Even so, when you add illegal items to that mixing pot, it brings down the overall beauty and safe purity of this great country. In order to fix this problem we must deport all of them to their own country and tighten security on the border. Many critics of this would say “There just children” but someday they could be disruptive teens or money less adult that get into crime to make some cash. Critics of the plan also say “why not just put the bad illegal immigrants in prison” but how do you know who’s bad and who’s good by that time a store has been robbed or a family member is dead so you have to get them out of here now. These are 3 main
Mexico has been no stranger to economic hardship; despite the efforts to modernize it in the image of the United states since the late nineteenth century under Porfirio Diaz and up to the enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it has failed and consequently forced the exodus of many of its people in search for economic opportunity. That some of these efforts towards modernity and development have helped a small fraction of the population is undeniable, but they have often come at the expense of those most vulnerable living in the Mexican countryside. In a struggle for economic survival, many Mexicans have immigrated to the United States and become part of the American working class in order to assume the role of their family’s
[Preview:] In most of the recent candidates debate, there is a question on what will they do with illegal immigration. There are a few things that can be done to solve the problem.