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La Jaraula De Oro Analysis

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La Jaula de Oro Being Mexican born, I experienced first hand illegal immigration. I’ve known people that came to the United States illegally, even family members. It was always the horrendous story about how dangerous it was to cross the border by the desert, and how lucky people were to make it to the United States alive. However; after watching the movie “La Jaula de Oro” my perspective on illegal immigration from Central America changed completely. I always knew people from Central America’s journey was long, but never imagined the extent of their travels and how dangerous was for women to make that journey. I have heard stories of how women were raped by “Coyotes” when they were crossing the border alone. At the beginning of the story, I did not realize Sara was concealing her sex due to those dangers. When she was taken by those men that stopped the train, which I can only assume were members of some drug cartel, I could not believe the impotence their friends experienced. How hopeless those women were and it was a waking moment of how risky is for women attempting to cross the border to the United States. Another thing that was stuck in my mind was how young those children crossing the border were. They could not be older …show more content…

All the dangers of traveling an unknown country like Mexico are difficult. Adding all the cartels and the kidnapers makes it more dangerous. However a child crossing the borders is unimaginable. People that are able to come and go legally into the United States do not realize all the dangers and incredible journeys people crossing the border go through just to be able to work and have money to survive. Coming to the United States is not about luxury, or making money; to many immigrants is the only way of survival, to escape the hunger and dangers of their country of origin and to them it is worth risking their lives for

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