So I have narrowed my new topic down. I am now looking at how the crime in Juarez affects the residents. I will be interviewing current residents of Juarez as well as people that have recently moved from Juarez. I got this idea when I found out the mayor of Juarez does not live in there because of the crime but instead lives in El Paso, Texas. I have finished my IRB form and project proposal for it, I just need to narrow down the questions I will be asking so as not to make the people I am interviewing feel uncomfortable.

change of topic

After discussing my topic a bit more I realized that I would be implying there was a correlation between the distance from the border and perceptions of the border. This would be a problem because in interviewing just a few people I would not be able to prove that there is a correlation. Thus I am changing my topic. I still am very interested in border studies so it will be something in relation to that and probably the crime that is currently such a large part of the border.