I completely agree with what Adam’s saying about the author Silko not providing the other side of the story and how it’s not only border patrol that attack immigrants, it’s also the other way around. I’d also like to add that when she compares Germany’s “Iron Curtain” to the “10 feet high” steel wall that the US government is building. I feel those to things have nothing in common. Germany’s wall was erected to stop east Germans from fleeing to the west. This is not the reason why the U.S. government is starting to put up their wall. That reason is because of illegal immigration that is hurting our economy. Yes we are trying to stop Mexicans from coming over the border, but this is for legal reasons, where as east and west Germany were technically one country, The US and Mexico are two different countries, so if people come over to the US illegally, it messes up the whole balance of the US economy and other parts as well.
Actually, East and West Germany were divided by the Allies after WW 2 and were only reunified when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. So, technically, they were TWO countries. Here's a link for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_reunification
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