The United States-Mexico border stretches over 1,900 miles from the Pacific Ocean in California to the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. With President Trump’s proposal for a border wall, trends relating to the migrants coming to the border and new policies affecting these migrants, the question of how to address issues along the United States-Mexico border has been a significant topic of debate around the country. This deliberation examines the differences in how people interpret the issues at the border and has students deliberate possible solutions to these issues.

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Background Videos

The History of Barriers on the U.S.-Mexico Border– Mary E. Mendoza, Penn State University (4:22)

Examples of Border Fencing– State Representative Russ Jones (R-AZ)  (1:48)

The State of the U.S.-Mexico Border– Former Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske

Immigration Trends and Asylum Policies in the United States– Maria Sacchetti, Washington Post  (5:24)