Review of "Border...."

I agree with our class mate Marc. He states that the "government needs to be more seriously addressed towards is what we call the "border"." I think he is right, he points out that Mexico has turned into a dangerous place where not even the police can be trusted. I think we can all agree that a vacation in a place with such a presence of the drug cartel doesn’t sound like a nice way to spend the summer. How ever if the point of the border is to keep out the “bad guys” and keep immigration under control we need to think again. The border is a complete joke! Who thinks that an incomplete 11 foot wall is a good border system? Not some one with a 12 foot ladder or a "coyote" that for a fee will smuggle you across the border. Marc talks about the fact that "more than 47,000 unaccompanied children have crossed the border". I don't know if it’s more heart breaking that these children are wandering over here all by themselves or that things are so bad in Mexico that they feel the danger of crossing the border alone is worth it. 

We spend a lot of time worrying about things overseas, which within reason is good, but we don't spend much time worrying about our own issues. I completely agree with Marc and I think especially as some one that lives so close to the border that more money, effort and thought is needed to go into it.

 I really like the lack of fluff in this commentary and how to the point it is. I think another statistic like the example with the unaccompanied children would have strengthened the point. That statistic really pulled together and strengthened the last part of the writing as well as letting the author end on a strong point.