Post on 16-Dec-2015
Mexico: 1810-1821
Mexicans fought for independence from Spanish Conquistadors
Signing of Treaty of Cordoba recognized Mexican Independence
United States: 1776-1789 Fought the British to
declare the United States a sovereign nation
Replaced Articles of Confederation with the Constitution
Already were developed with political leadership and institutional development
1846 Mexico invaded American troops
Argument was over territory including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada, and Utah
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the war in 1848
United States gained the land
Mexico received $15 million and the 80,000 Mexicans in the land were supposed to receive property rights
During the Mexican revolution, over 890,000 immigrants moved north of the border to safety
Bracero Program, between 1942 and 1964, made it legal for workers to migrate north for seasonal employment
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act eliminated immigration quotas for family members
1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act strengthened penalties on employers who hired illegal immigrants and border patrol funding increased 338%
North American Free Trade Agreement passed in 1994
Purpose was to eliminate import and export tariffs over the next 15 years
Free trade was established in just 30 months
Farmers in Mexico were not given proper time to adjust to agricultural price drops
Since the agreement, poverty in Mexico has been on the rise
Most border security checks involve only stating the country of your citizenship or the country in which you were born and the you are allowed to pass
If any suspicious vehicles attempt to cross the border at any check point then that car will be pulled aside for a more thorough inspection
At many of the check points there are deputy search dogs to allow the border patrol officers to do an even more thorough search
The U.S.-Mexico border extends approximately 2,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east.
This region lies within four U.S. states and six Mexican States
The border runs from the southern most tip of Texas and the southern most tip of California
Large cities the border runs through include: San Diego, Tijuana, Baja, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville
The border’s total length is 1,969 miles
Diseases run high
Water is polluted and inconsumable
Drug crimes effect local communities
Higher than average infant mortality rates
Fastest growing economic region in North America because of NAFTA
Cities on both sides of the border experience annual double-digit economic growth in terms of percentages
1997: approximately $137 billion passed through U.S.-Mexican border ports
Represents 88% of total trade between U.S. and Mexico
*12.7 million Mexican immigrants lived in the United States in 2008, of which 55% were
illegal.
*The average Mexican hourly wage is $4.15 and about 40% of the Mexican population is
below the poverty line.
*Immigrants generally come to the U.S. for a better life.
Danil Churzin
United States/Mexico Border Relations:
Immigration
*A ‘coyote’ is someone who specializes in human smuggling, bringing people across the United States from Mexico.*Several thousands have died crossing
the U.S. and Mexico border since 1994.
Acquiring permanent resident status requires:
*Medical tests*Over $1,400 in fees*Affidavit of Support
*Finger printing*Interview
*Illegal immigrants are identified by trained officers during corrections, highway patrol, or criminal investigations and set
on their way to deportation.
*The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spent about $219 million in 2008 to remove 34,000 illegal immigrants.
Ideal Border Fence that extremists would like to see across the entire
U.S.-Mexico Border
Border fencing encompasses four primary components: vehicle, pedestrian, technological, and natural
•Vehicular fencing: remote locations too difficult to survive by traveling on foot•Pedestrian fencing: areas where a high amount of people have or possess the ability to cross unlawfully•Tower-based cameras, sensors, ground-based radar, mobile surveillance and aerial systems typical comprise technological fences •Natural borders can be found wherever rives or mountain ranges
it will soften the surge of unlawful immigration
increase food safety Promote highway safety decrease illegal drug trafficking improve the overall economy It estimated that roughly one-third of the
foreign born population is living in the United States illegally
the barriers would be a tremendous waste of tax dollars on an ultimately ineffective deterrent to illegal immigration.
Janet Napolitano :”You show me a fifty foot wall and I’ll show you a fifty-one foot ladder at the border.”
An online blogger writes that, ”the Great Wall didn't work for China, the Berlin Wall didn't work for the Soviet Union, and Hadrian's Wall didn't work for the Romans”
the barricades would endanger the health and safety of the intended immigrants, interrupt and devastate animal habitats, disrupt migration patterns, and in effect substantially damage the natural environment
However the trouble with the leading type of fencing, pedestrian, is that it exists in a variety of ways
the Endangered Species Act, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act to extend triple fencing through the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve