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The Pros And Cons Of Border Patrol

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The first thing that really hit home for me was that people have to use ladder and secrecy to gain access to think country. This isn’t the way people should have to enter our county. People shouldn’t feel like they have to cross the desert in the dead of night, trying to get over a wall and survive in a wilderness that takes too many every year. To use rafts and busses and vans to cross a border that has no checkpoints on their side. The body the Border Patrol agents found is a great example. The person is dressed nicely, in a polo and khakis, and is wearing decent sneakers. They were probably trying to find a way to lead a better life. Instead, they were taken by the harsh environment that is the Sonoran Desert. At one point, they show a pile of bone they are collected, and they are so white. They have been in the sun for so long, who knows how long they have been …show more content…

They have to make sure to run into gangs or drug cartels, who will simply kill them and take all their money. These groups know those seeking safe passage into the United States are carrying lots of money with them, to pay the smugglers and any other fees they have along the way. Migrants are easy targets to these groups. It saddens me that these groups would take advantage of their own people, of people trying to start a better life. Migrants can also hurt themselves in their transportation to the promised land. Jumping onto and walking across the tops of moving trains, wading through rivers, and various other methods are used to make their way north. There were shoes in the train tracks, from individuals that I assume had gotten stuck trying to get onto the train. There are so many dangers you don’t realize migrants face, and that makes my heart go out to them even more. They put in so much effort to better themselves, to make money for their family, and so many aren’t given the chance to finish their

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