After watching the video link as well as Sin Nombre, my perception of border crossers became warped. Growing up in Dallas, Texas, a certain image of what it means to be a illegal immigranted is imprinted in my mind. Especially when as a young white suburban girl went into the so called "bad parts of town" when I would get inappropriately whistled, winked, and yelled out. After watching Sin Nombre, it gave an absolutely different image to these men and women that trek dangerously north. I found these two different images within the music video we watched week one and the film/video links we watched this week. That original music portrayed these men as tough rough burly bad-ass men versus this movie portrayed the gang members as such. Which image is correct or at least a more accurate portrayal of these men and women border crossers.
The image and treatment of the illegal immigrants on the trains reminded me of the Jews fleeing Germany and Poland during World War II when England, United States, Sweden, and Israel, and other countries started closing their borders as well as capping the number of refugees they would take into their country. So that got me thinking with the amount of violence being portrayed in these movies and articles, what differentiates these illegal immigrants from refugees? Especially when their quality of living is so dismal and most have no other options to give themselves a better life that come north as Bowdin talks about. Should the United States begin treat these men and women differently and different laws be created and enacted?
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