Essay 1104

Two sides to every border story in a MultiCultClassics Monologue…

• The Homeland Security Department selected Boeing to provide high-tech solutions for securing the border. The estimated $80 million contract will pay for Boeing to install cameras, sensors, fences, unmanned aerial vehicles and more. Additionally, Boeing becomes the unofficial sponsor of The Minuteman Project.

• The proposed 700-mile-long fence to be built along the Mexican border may have a 75-mile gap. The area in Arizona is home to the Toohono O’odham Indian tribe, who oppose the fence concept on environmental and cultural grounds. “Animals and our people need to cross freely,” said a member of the tribal council. “In our tradition we are taught to be concerned about every living thing as if they were people. We don’t want that wall.” This should significantly reduce the amount of loot Boeing hoped to collect.