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For this weeks independent post I will be connecting Farmer's novel The House of the Scorpion  to the different units that we have covered this year in school. Specifically I will look to immigration and individual rights and freedoms. In Farmer's novel the main setting Opium is in a place between the United States and Aztlan (Mexico). This setting has been established many years in the future and we know this through a couple of different things, specifically the fact that there is cloning in this land and the advanced technology that is available such as hovercrafts. In this world Opium is between the two borders meaning that the farm patrol catches the illegal immigrants coming from both sides. In our immigration unit we studied different types of immigration however we never did illegal immigration specifically however, I recognize that based on our studies of both illegal immigration and the charter of rights and freedoms turning these illegals into "eejits" is simply immoral. Now specifically these Illegals have never actually crossed into either countries meaning that they have not yet come into contact with either countries specific set of laws, they are still technically a citizen of either country therefore they still have their own set of rights. Now in Canada we have the Charter of rights and freedoms, this gives people a set of rights that they live by that allow them certain freedoms like speech equality etc. As to principles of the other countries I am not as well informed in, however these people that are going to be turned into do deserve to  get a fair and actual trial that asks them their intentions and what they were trying to accomplish by Illegally immigrating. I believe that based on what we have studied Farmer's take on Illegal immigration and the rights of people in this novel are highly skewed and are in-correct. I also link this specific detail of the House of the Scorpion to Farmer commenting on the United States of America, yes illegal immigration can cause problems and can be very costly however the U.S has not really noticed the moral aspect of this problem. I believe that illegal immigrants should be worked with (if they have good intentions) to try to become a legitimate citizen of the country. The U.S makes it nearly impossible for people to actually immigrate from Mexico and I believe that Farmer is touching on this issue in the House of the Scorpion.