Melissa's Discussion Questions (edited)

I'd like to change my history question. I realized after going through it again that she does touch on my question. I guess I was just looking for the word patriotism but instead she used nationalism. Therefore, I have a different question. On page 66, she discusses the change from immigrants landing at seaports to coming by land through the nation's northern and southern borders. She quotes a writer who asks "Can these long borders ever be adequately patrolled?" This is still an issue today, especially after the heightened fear of terrorism. She opens a door with that quote to talk about present day but stops the book in 1965. She talks very little about present day concerns and issues with border patrol and terrorism in her epilogue as well. Should she have continued on further past 1965? Could she, or would this be a different book? Would a lengthier discussion of how the fear of illegal aliens entering the country along these long borders strengthened or weakened the book?