After reading this short story by a Ms. Silko, I find myself extremely annoyed by her writing. Although I do see that it is extremely annoying to someone that is of her descent getting pulled over and searched, I do not think that all Border Patrol men should be to blame. Instead of talking about specific border patrol officers, she made generalized statements about the government overall. I am from Florida so I have to deal with a lot of illegal immigrant coming into my town and taking over. I know that Ms. Silko is not an illegal immigrant and was discriminated against, which I believe is wrong, but in Orlando it is crawling with illegal immigrants. They are taking up the schools and not paying taxes for their kids to go to school. I think that makes me a little biased because my family put me in a private school because the public schools in Florida are filled with people that shouldn’t be there. I agree that since she was Native American, she shouldn’t have been looked at so harshly. But as far as border patrol goes, that is their job. They are paid to stop cars that look suspicious and make arrest. I also agree that at times, certain border patrol officers do take their authority to far and abuse their power. But as far as I am concerned, sometimes they need to be stricter. Nothing annoyed me more than her quote about the iron curtain. I say “Yes!” we need a 10ft wall at the Mexico border because illegal immigrants are bringing in drugs and illegal contraband. I know that I am generalizing but that is what border patrol is for.
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