Mexico was once a destination people dreamed of going. Warm weather, sunny beaches and many different cultural experiences were everywhere. For either spring break or a nice place to retire to Mexico brought thousands of tourists every year, but many things have changed over the past few years. What was once a warm beautiful place has now turned into a war zone. Drugs, gangs, and mass murders have become an everyday problem. So now when people think of the country Mexico they no longer think of a great place to visit at least once in their lifetime, but now it is a scary place where one's life can be taken for something as simple as wearing the wrong color at the wrong time. These problems are spilling into the United States and causing more and more place along the border to be unsafe. However, the United States can fix this problem. Stricter border control would reduce the number of crimes, drugs, and racial profiling in the United States related to the Mexican drug cartels. .
High crime rates in the United States are consequences of letting illegal drugs pass through areas on the Mexican border that are left unprotected. In 2007 alone, border patrol agents apprehended 876,704 people attempting to enter the United State with 1,859,277 pounds of marijuana and 14,242 pounds of cocaine. (www.cbp.gov/border-security) These drugs are making their way into this country because of America's evolved economy and Americans are more willing to spend money on drugs. The United States is the world's largest market for illegal drugs with 13 million Americans spending about $16 billion each year. Drugs are also a big part of the recent rise in crimes; however, they are not the only problem. Crimes dealing with gang violence skyrocketed along the Mexican border because of the Mexican drug cartels. Members of these drug cartels are fighting over money and land. The Mexican gang leaders that are running the drug cartels are not only making the streets of the American neighborhood unsafe but they are also crowding our prisons.
