http://www.broowaha.com/articles/1434/the-real-story-of-an-illegal-mexico-usa-border-crossing
Part 2 in this story really caught my eye. It was almost exactly like what Celia went through! "Maria" got a coyote to help her across the boarder, and she was abandoned and caught by a boarder patrol. The two stories are very similar, but "Maria" walked away from all of the incidents, Celia would have gotten a chip put into her brain. There are many people risk everything to cross the boarder, for a job, like "Maria", or for freedom, like Celia. A Coyote was hired by both Celia, and "Maria", and both were abandoned, but if trusting a coyote is the only option, then I understand why people will hire one. Crossing the boarder illegally is the only option for some people, and for Celia, if she had stayed in her village, she would have been working her whole life at an assembly line. She would be trapped, with "no parties, no boyfriends, no nothing" pg. 141.
I like how you explained the human aspect to these 2 story's very well, but i would of liked to see you talk more about other factors in the 2 story's, like the border patrol, or just expand on things like the courage people have to try to cross the border.
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