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Life for residents at the border

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-11 23:42:15 UTC

Archive Narrative risks

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-11 23:47:35 UTC

In our first book, Signs Preceding the End of the World, crossing the border is seen, in a way, like the death of the person you used to be, and it includes many of the hardships of crossing the border to find what you are looking for. The main character goes through dangerous waters, being shot at, being surrounded by strangers, constant uncertainty, no home, and even seeing those who have passed away while trying to cross the border illegally. I chose this narrative because it is so grave to put into perspective that many people, many FAMILIES, with children have taken this journey just to find what they are looking for, whether that be opportunity, safety, or other family members. Even when they get passed the border they lose apart of themselves, and often find themselves to be a completely different person in the States. It must feel so awful to have lost apart of yourself while risking your life for something that was supposed to be good for you.

Archive Narrative DACA

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:06:15 UTC

DACA allows young people who meet a specific criteria to be considered for temporary deportation relief for 2 years until it needs to be renewed. For reference some of the rules surrounding DACA include "have entered the United States before their 16th birthday, be currently in school, a high school graduate or be honorably discharged from the military, be under 31 years of age, and not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or otherwise pose a threat to national security." I picked DACA because it also reminded me of how dystopian the states can be. The government expects all people who come to the states to meet this standard in order to not face the inhumanity of deportation and holding camps. The thing that is craziest to me about DACA is that it was created recently during Obamas term as president, meaning that these rules arent just ruled that havent been reformed, they are recent and still apply today! The worst one is "must be under 31 ", what happens after that age, do their lives get uprooted? DACA seems very unstable to me and i believe that it isnt relief it is just a waiting game or way to setback deportation.

Prop 187

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:08:35 UTC

Archive Narrative Border Patrol

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:08:48 UTC

Border Patrol Nation was a narrative from unit 2 that i really enjoyed because it gave us an inside look into the BP's real perspective and thoughts. I really enjoyed this narrative because it shows that many border patrol officers are just doing border patrol because they too need a job, and that they have to ignore the ethics of their situation so that they can get by. This narrative let me know that though there are many people who use their power in disgusting and manipulative ways in jobs like the border patrol, its important to remember there are people who do the job just to have a job, and it was one of their few options. I think that this is a reminder to fight against the bigger people who make these laws and policies rather than the ones sent to arrest and control things at the border

The risk of and life after crossing the border

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:14:13 UTC

Archive Narrative life at the border

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:14:27 UTC

While i do not remember the video name or link, hence why it is not up on this padlet, the video where many native tribes that live near the border was also something that taught me something new. I never realized that people had actually lived at or near the border wall, mainly because I know how much patrol and fear the border envokes, and though i was right that it is not ideal to live, i was wrong about people not living there. It made me sad that native tribes homes and communities had been disrupted and uprooted because of border control and the government building securitiy everywhere, constantly making loud noise while patroling and even arresting those who live in the area mistaking them for people crossing the border. This video made me realize that the border affects so many more people than those who cross it and those who put it up, it affects the people whos land it was built on, and they have no say whatsoever in anything. The whole situation makes me upset and i wish the States could have done more to preserve and respect these people and their homes.

Border control perspective

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:15:58 UTC

Archive Narrative Prop 187

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:16:16 UTC

I chose California Prop 187 as one of my archive pieces because it was an eye-opener to how America can abuse its power and how it often goes against its treasure, "freedom". Also known as the Save Our State initiative, Prop 187 banned illegal immigrants from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other State-provided services. By doing this California displayed the US going against everything it has ever stood for just to be xenophobic, but got many citizens on board by disguising it as a threat to the economy. The fact that people had to fight and protest for basic rights in California simply because they were not born in the United States is terrifying and demonstrates how corrupt and dystopian the US can be with a flip of a switch.

DACA

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:18:44 UTC

Archive Narrative Impact

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 00:18:53 UTC

This interview with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of the novel Undocumented Americans, has stuck with me because it brought a very personal and emotional narrative to the border, and also the words surrounding undocumented Americans. Karla explains that she hates the word "Dreamer' because there is nothing dreamy about DACA or being an immigrant in America, and that much of her parents and personal journey across the border and her time living in fear that she may be deported by ICE has left a traumatic stain on her mental health. I realized how the effects and fear that come with crossing the border, cross with you, and stick with you for the rest of your life, and it saddens me that many people put up with fear just to have better opportunities for themselves and their children.

The impact of being a Undocumented American on mental health

oliviacooke3 — 2024-01-12 06:19:51 UTC