She touches on themes like, biblical hospitality, immigration policies, and the different points of views that collectively revolve around the …show more content…
She tries to emphasize with the idea of maintaining the border in more humanly and effective way. She asks the readers questions on a possible solution, but she responds “Making matters worse, all of these questions are connected to even larger, and sometimes more abstract, historical and psychological forces: our various understandings of multiculturalism, diversity, patriotism, hospitality, capitalism, neighborliness, global terrorism, and the self-other encounter” (Rose 153). To actually take care of the illegal immigration dilemma, we must settle with deep-rooted issues of our own. The problem is too large to accommodate with a simple solution because there are so forces at work. The border is now a symbol of fear, color, and capitalism. Once we are able to truly understand the meaning and honest purpose of the barrier, then perhaps there will be room for a