Why Do Some Immigrants Take Shortcuts?

Illegal immigrants who crossed into the United States await processing by U.S. Border Patrol agents outside of San Diego on Dec. 5, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Back in earlier times, there were no firm borders to nations as geographic lines were fluid according to conquests and shifting loyalties. People could roam wherever they chose in search of opportunities, yet they had to be careful about wandering into “territories” that some ethnic tribe would claim to be their own.