Mexico And American Border

This document deal with the Mexican American border, which consists in a fence separating Mexico from the USA. This cartoon deals with the Mexican American border. The picture is divided into two parts. A wall made of brick and barbed wires is dividing the land into two parts. On the left, we can see a Mexican walking in the sand. It seems that he has been walking for a long time because he is sweating.

The country beyond the fence is the USA. We can make out skyscrapers in the background and a Mc Donald’s logo in the middle of the desert.

Those two elements are symbols of the USA. In the middle of the fence, there is a custom agent at a counter. This character is problem here to check the ID’s of people who want to cross the border.

the cartoonist wants to convey the message that Mexican people are leaving their country because they are attracted to the USA and the American dream. As too many Mexicans want to cross the border, the USA has built a border with barbed wires so as to prevent illegal crossing. Moreover, it is clear that the USA are ready to sell their goods, their products to Mexican people but they do not want them to cross the frontier.

The USA want to take advantage of the Mexican money without letting Mexicans crossing the border. They do not want illegal people in their country. They came in America to escape a political system. They came to live a better economic and politil condition. America il is a refuge for Mexican personn. The Mexican, with a dream of wealth, try to pass the barriers and embroidery Us patrol, already it is very hard because the American does not want immagrants. But secondly, for those who have passed, the dream does not appear, because, indeed, the American dream does not exist . Indeed, the United States emerged as a great success for the whole world, for example, Madonna would have come to New York with only $ 30 and now it is a international pop star. Cepandant, The American dream only affects a few people. In america, poverty are very present especially in large cities since the Recesion. It is very difficil for this person is recovered in the social class. Inequality is very present in America.

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