Paper 3.1

I am not completely sure on what my proposal will be, but I am against the border fence completely. I believe that if the fence is only built in sections then it will only cause those sections without a fence to become the high traffic area for crossing instead of the original high traffic areas. For example, San Diego was a major area for illegal trafficking but now it is not. Well since the fence is segmented people are being forced into other areas such as the Devil's Highway. People are going to cross, border fence or not, but forcing them into different areas, usually more dangerous, does nothing except raise the death rate of humans. I am going to be using a proposal argument to persuade my audience that a border fence is not the way to stem illegal immigration. My audience will be Americans in border states because this border fence is affecting us more so than any other states in America.

Again I have not come up with an original idea yet but I am working on it and when I figure it out I will post it for some feedback.

Border Fence

The U.S. is under debate for a new border policy calling for a border fence encompassing the entire U.S. and Mexico border line. Is this a good policy or a bad policy to make use of? There are many sides to this debate with many positions and stances for and against this policy. Controversy on if it will really stop illegal immigration, if it will just destroy more human life, the cost-benefit ratio, and the economic stability are a few of the controversial topics under debate with the formation of a border fence. However not only are there many different stances, but there are many different angles people are approaching these that is making it more difficult to debate the topic. For example, many Mexican workers are against it because of family and traveling purposes, many Americans a for it because illegals for "stealing" the jobs they don't want, and then there are ranchers who oppose the fence and opposed to illegal immigration. The outcome for the placement of an entire border fence will not only affect many immigrants lives, but it will also affect many lives in the U.S. as well. On both sides of the fence the economy will falter in places and fail because of the cost and effect the fence will have on it. Through the cost of the fence the money will undoubtfully come from growing taxes to help pay for it; therefore, this will affect many more Americans than originally thought. The debate on a border fence is highly controversial and places great strain on any and everyone involved. The results, fence or not, will affect everyone on both sides of the fence.