Thoughts on Media and Immigration

Trump and Mass Media on Immigration

On September 21, 2016 at 2:52pm, MSNBC tweeted a video clip of Trump discussing the lackadasical American policies on immigration. The clip was incredibly entertaining and brief - you can watch it here. I agree with Trump that the immigration policies here are too lenient and require immediate change.  I don't think the solution to that is a giant wall, but I recently had a personal eye-opening experience that made me re-think my opinion of security even within our country.  My friend is married to an illegal Mexican and she had to fly to Texas with him so that he could return to Mexico and re-enter legally with a visa.  They flew from Atlanta to Dallas in July.  He does not have a valid driver's license, photo ID, or passport.  And yet he boarded an airplane... which brings me back to Trump.

Trump's assessment that terrorists can not attack us unless they enter our country is blatantly incorrect.  Hopefully his staff owns a history book and reminded him of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor - two enormous attacks on the United States that did not require border entrance to the US.  Terrorists could have chosen a Canadian airport to board a plane and taken it into a New York building.

Sometimes I feel like the media just wants to crucify people for having an opinion - no matter what that opinion is.  If you want to admit Syrian refugees into the country, they say you're too lenient and are opening the US up to terrorist attacks.  If you don't want to let them in, you're heartless and defying the very foundation of our nation - immigration.

I don't have a perfect answer on the issue, but I know that the media will continue to play both sides of the issues up to gain attention.  I just hope we can come up with a viable solution soon.