Chap. 4 Part 1

When reading this particularity section of Massey’s book the book, The American Way of Eating, keeps coming to my mind. We read this book last semester in intro to sociology and I think it is very relevant to the topic of this chapter. Over time and history it seems like the American people have used people from Mexico to work in our labor force. What I don't understand is why the American people are so angry that we have this people, Mexicans, working in America in industries for very low wages. It's a general thought that no American in his or her "right mind" would do the labor that these Mexicans are for the pay that they are making.

Immigration is still an "issue" for America today and it will most likely always be an issue in Americans eyes as long as America is a place in the world. One of the interesting facts that I learned in this section of reading is that the U.S. Border Control was created in 1924. I had never heard of the border control until the George W. Bush administration.

I just can't fully wrap my head around the idea that America can't come up with some form of solution or something!! I would also like to see more current numbers of the Hispanic population in America as of 2011, something more recent then 2007.