The Devils Highway

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Immigration from Mexico to the United States has been a very controversial issue, in which society can agree or disagree with it. However in the book, The Devil’s Highway, Luis Alberto Urrea takes us through the journey of 26 illegal Mexican walkers in which he tells the story of these immigrants hopes in a not only a brighter future but also a chance to make their wishing become reality. We come across multiple dilemmas where everyone plays a good and bad guy. However one cannot fully come to a determination of who really is the good and bad guy. We come to a point in the novel in which one is quick to blame the corrupt coyotes, as they are the ones that are demanding thousands of dollars to help these immigrants cross the border and most of the time these immigrants were being left to dry and die as they took all their money. Although most of the time these coyotes are just helpless Mexicans that are looking for some money in hopes to take home to their families. The border patrol is responsible for protecting the border and arresting any trespassers. Others would also claim them to be the bad guys, they are also the ones that save these immigrants who find themselves helplessly wondering in the excruciating heat. All in all, the book demonstrates that there is no initial “bad guy,” instead the situation itself is the problem. The coyotes and border patrol are both issues that are both intertwined between either being good or bad. Initially the book reflects on how people are simply just people. Consequently we are forced to rule out the issues that the immigrants are faced with. As these immigrants are solely searching for a better place to live, a place where all their worrying will come to an end and the misery of their family will no longer be an issue. “Consule Flores Vizcarra says it isn’t the desert that kills immigrants. It isn’t Coyotes. It isn’t even

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