US Fence Research Paper
Yvonne Leyson
US Fence in the Border of Mexico
19 May, 2007
Introduction
Building a fence between properties establishes the boundaries and limitation of social relations. Between neighboring countries a fence may be declared as the boundaries of sovereignty and rule that the United States insist as its reason for building one to ward off the entry of illegal aliens into American soil. Securing the external boundaries of the US is actually the main aim on building a more extensive fence. It would positively prevent illegal entry, detecting, interdicting and apprehending undocumented entrants, smugglers, contraband and violation of other laws (Nevins, 2002: 3). Restoring integrity and safety to the busiest border would naturally …show more content…
The US cannot function alone in its strict border regulations without tapping Mexico’s help. Mexican President Vicente Fox had already envisioned a border where Mexicans can freely cross and work in the United States and denounced that a fence is “disgraceful and shameful” which it cannot simply permit (Schulzinger, 2006: 397). Most Americans know little about the extent to which the United States has depended on cheap Mexican labor particularly in construction for which they have been depending on for more than 100 years. Mexicans had been used in the linchpin of its economic integration and that the status of Mexican labor stands out at the very center relations (Ferrante, 2005:32). At least 7Million farmers within Mexico export $5Billion in agricultural products and 90% of Mexico’s exports go to the US each …show more content…
The California Coastal Commission voted in February 2004 to deny the project because of erosion concerns (Schulzinger, 2006:402). The US in its struggle to insist on sovereignty amidst environmental issues has forgotten that a barrier will likely disrupt US marine and wildlife migration from jaguars, deers to hawks and humming birds along a wildlife corridor linking northern Mexico and the US southwest known as the “Sky Islands” (Morgenthaler, 2004:231). An impenetrable barrier with a double enforced wall would have a devastating effect species as supported by claims from environmental non-profit groups. Likewise, fencing could cut through as many as nine protected areas covering more than 1 million acres of world-class national landscape according to Arizona
US Fence in the Border of Mexico
19 May, 2007
Introduction
Building a fence between properties establishes the boundaries and limitation of social relations. Between neighboring countries a fence may be declared as the boundaries of sovereignty and rule that the United States insist as its reason for building one to ward off the entry of illegal aliens into American soil. Securing the external boundaries of the US is actually the main aim on building a more extensive fence. It would positively prevent illegal entry, detecting, interdicting and apprehending undocumented entrants, smugglers, contraband and violation of other laws (Nevins, 2002: 3). Restoring integrity and safety to the busiest border would naturally …show more content…
The US cannot function alone in its strict border regulations without tapping Mexico’s help. Mexican President Vicente Fox had already envisioned a border where Mexicans can freely cross and work in the United States and denounced that a fence is “disgraceful and shameful” which it cannot simply permit (Schulzinger, 2006: 397). Most Americans know little about the extent to which the United States has depended on cheap Mexican labor particularly in construction for which they have been depending on for more than 100 years. Mexicans had been used in the linchpin of its economic integration and that the status of Mexican labor stands out at the very center relations (Ferrante, 2005:32). At least 7Million farmers within Mexico export $5Billion in agricultural products and 90% of Mexico’s exports go to the US each …show more content…
The California Coastal Commission voted in February 2004 to deny the project because of erosion concerns (Schulzinger, 2006:402). The US in its struggle to insist on sovereignty amidst environmental issues has forgotten that a barrier will likely disrupt US marine and wildlife migration from jaguars, deers to hawks and humming birds along a wildlife corridor linking northern Mexico and the US southwest known as the “Sky Islands” (Morgenthaler, 2004:231). An impenetrable barrier with a double enforced wall would have a devastating effect species as supported by claims from environmental non-profit groups. Likewise, fencing could cut through as many as nine protected areas covering more than 1 million acres of world-class national landscape according to Arizona