For the Deliberation I attended the group talked about three different approaches to border security for our nation. I think they got this idea in light of our President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban. The deliberation started with everyone introducing themselves and talking about what they came to the deliberation for and then the groups began to give their ideas. The first group talked about doing moderate borders, allowing certain people in and keeping out certain individuals that are known to come from terroristic areas. There was a lot of bantering in the audience going back and forth on how this issue isn’t fair to all the citizens since some are good but in the end the crowd seemed to die out.
The second approach that was talked about was for there to be closed borders, meaning no one other than American citizens could be allowed into our nation. I personally agree with this choice since I feel that our nation needs to work on our own issues and help our own citizens before trying to take in others. The consensus from the audience on this issue was that the by closing the borders completely would violate the ideals that America was created on and how it was not humanely correct.
The last approach brought up was to have open borders, which allows everyone with the correct documentation into our nation. The audience was mixed about this topic and on how that letting everyone in was a security risk and how our nation could thrive by allowing more immigrants into our country. I personally don’t agree with this and can summarize why I don’t. For example, every night I lock the doors to my apartment not to keep people out, but to protect the ones I love and care about inside. What I am saying is that although there are good people that want to come into our nation there are also bad people who wish us harm.