The U.S.-Mexican Border: A Changing Frontier (illegal immigrants, weapons, drug)

[JDubsMom]

The U.S.-Mexican border is in flux as economic, political and social changes reshape the relationship between the two countries.

The U.S. is building hundreds of miles of fence along the boundary and aggressively deporting more illegal immigrants than at any point in history. Yet, at the same time, trade across the border continues to grow.
On the Mexican side, a drug war — fueled by American demand for illicit narcotics and fought with American weapons — has killed thousands of people this year. The bodies turn up in piles. Some have been shot. Some are strangled. Some are entepado — the heads wrapped in duct tape. Some have no heads at all.


Series Overview: Examining A Relationship In Flux : NPR

[kidicarus89]

Great piece. This is a good way of describing that complex relationship:

The border emphasizes how much the U.S. and Mexico rely on each other, and, like siblings, the border also illustrates the tension between them.

The Mexican-American War ended a century and a half ago, yet the two countries are ever struggling to define that relationship. Countless historians have dedicated their time and effort to understanding that very dynamic which is unique among the world's borders.

[JDubsMom]

Originally Posted by kidicarus89

Great piece. This is a good way of describing that complex relationship:



The Mexican-American War ended a century and a half ago, yet the two countries are ever struggling to define that relationship. Countless historians have dedicated their time and effort to understanding that very dynamic which is unique among the world's borders.

IMHO, the problem is vast cultural differences, and Mexico's perpetually juvenile, lawless, co-dependent state of exist. Add to that: decades of American politicians spoon feeding them billions of tax dollars, which in turn has resulted in perpetually appeasing the corruption of the corporate master and Mexican oligarchies. The combined factors continues to allow them to trample over our laws, our right to sovereignty and the rights of the American people while nuturing and expanding their beastial existence into full fledged adulthood.