Thoughts and Ruminations on Chapter 8: Political Geography and Crossing the Mexican-American Border, Every Day

Jack S.
AP Human Geography
2/3/16
Crossing the Mexican-American Border, Every Day
Chapter 8: Political Geography

Thoughts and Ruminations

          The article Crossing the Mexican-American Border, Every Day, by Alana Semuels, follows a college student named Valeria Padilla, who drives from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico to El Paso, Texas every day to attend her college classes. Semuels points out how hard it is to pass from Mexico into the United States and vice-versa. This is because a core country like the U.S. makes it very hard for people in semi-periphery countries like Mexico to enter the country.