In 2017 the number of deaths due to attempting to cross the Mexico-U.S. border rose by 17%. While most of these deaths due to the U.S. border patrol cracking down on immigration causing migrants to find dangerous paths to get into the U.S., it is also not certain that some of these deaths did not come from brute force. Most of the bodies found are skeletonized or badly decomposed making a cause of death hard to determine. According to an excerpt from Storming the Wall, it talks about multiple different occasions where border patrol has used unnecessary force against people at the multiple checkpoints around the country, most
Drawing from previous readings of The Grapes of Wrath and The Water Knife, it shows that these border patrols and checkpoints will most likely come to be against the American population more so than they already are, due to extreme changes within the climate. These two novels, as well as the excerpt, all describe things that have happened, are happening, or potentially could happen within the world around us. While within The Grapes of Wrath, bum blockades became present along the California border, these became extremely present within The Water Knife along the border of every state. Along with these came the violence from law enforcement and fellow citizens and all with a connection to climate change. Is this what is in store for our future?
How does this relate to the violence happening to our current borderlines and checkpoints? The common theme amongst all three of these writings is climate change and the fear of uncertainty. People fled from Oklahoma when their fields and homes were destroyed due to drought. American citizens turn against each other in the future due to the lack of drinking water. Today, people flee from Mexico to escape starvation, lack of water, increasing heat and gangs to try and better their lives or to support those still in Mexico by sending money back. With three examples of past, present, and future why is more not being done to fix the violence and the climate change problem that is at large.
How long before there are border patrol checkpoints along every border within the U.S.?
this is definitely something i've been thinking about too, i'm really worried about the possibility of checkpoints within the united states and making the divide between states even wider :^/
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading this, it was great how you tied in the two other book readings to this blog. It is scaring ,and should be eye opening about the violence that happens at the borders.
ReplyDeleteUgh, the US is already divided enough- politically, racially, monetarily, etc. It's like watching a bad horror movie in slow motion. People are able to predict, with relative accuracy, the horrors of the future, and yet we continue on the path we're on. If we allow ourselves to be divided any more, I'm afraid that we may never be able to reunite...
ReplyDeleteThe idea of all of these deaths on the Mexico-America border is disturbing, and makes the
ReplyDelete"fictional" novel we read seem to have a basis in fact.