Border Wars

After watching the documentary Border Wars, it was quite evident that the documentary was portraying a negative view towards illegal immigrants; focusing on the growing problems faced on the American-Mexican borders in the south. While many immigrant activists may feel that this documentary film provides a very biased view on illegal immigrants, I feel it is much merited. It was quite evident throughout the film that these illegal immigrants would do anything and everything to cross the borders into America to live a better life than the one they have in Mexico. I for one agree with the views by Congressman Hayworth. He is a strong advocate for stronger and tighter border control with Mexico. He stated in the film that while only 1500 people are caught crossing illegally, another 4000 are able to cross illegally into America and head up north into urban areas because there is a smaller chance that they would be caught by the police. Now I really don’t understand the commotion with Hayworth’s view. His intentions is to make the American border more secure and stable so that we can put a stop to these illegal immigrants. Many other Americans feel the same way. While this belief is widespread, many Latinos believe that this white people being racist towards the Latino community. First and foremost, how can this be accurate? Congressman Hayworth said that the United States allows 200,000 LEGAL Mexicans into this country a year. America shows no discrimination, xenophobia, racism (whatever you want to call it) towards the Latino community when it comes to the immigration debate. I believe the problem felt by Hayworth and many other Americans is the illegal immigration problem. Why should these people deserve the right to be in America illegally? A Latina said in the protests “we have the right to be here...This use to be Mexico’s.” I believe that it is these people that are making the problems in this debate and throughout the film. Sure, way back when, some of the land might have been Mexico’s, but obviously the United States paid for this land and it’s theirs now. I’m honestly feeling irritated by these people who want to live life in America illegally. The same old stuff keeps occurring. It is no way fair for them to live in America and deny the right for others to gain citizenship and asylum. The reality is that these are criminals and they are not welcomed here. If they were legal I allow them in with open arms, but in reality they are not. This is a growing problem for the United States, and if something is not done to secure the border and inflict stricter laws and punishments, this will only escalate into deeper and bigger problems for America and Americans in the near future.