Mexico

Over the weekend I read a New York Times article titled” Over Caves and Over Budget, Mexico’s Train Project Barrels Towards Disaster” by Maria Abi-Habib. This article is about the Maya train, a train project in Mexico that was pitched by President Andres Manuel Lopez as a way to “reinvigorate” Mexico’s poorest regions. Reading about Mexico’s President investing money to help out poor regions in the country was something that I was happy to see but as I read more I saw that government officials and project contractors were worried about the future of this project because it was being rushed and poorly planned, which could lead to the railway collapsing. The project was also “wildly out of budget” and not being able to boost the economy in poorer regions. Poverty in Mexico is something that I’m familiar with, I grew up hearing about it when my parents and other family members would tell me about why they crossed the border. They couldn’t afford to live in the country they grew up in and the Mexican government didn’t help them. Their situation wasn’t much better in the U.S, they faced discrimination and still lived in proverty but atleast they were able to afford food, shelter and were able to send money back to those they left behind. I want to report on Mexico because of the people who migrate here because their home country failed them yet they still miss it. Mexican undocumented immigrants are often seen as “illegal” and trespassers when they’re more like refugees.