CNN<\/a> about spreading that misinformation. This was the interaction:<\/p>\nVANCE: \u201cThe American media totally ignored this stuff until Donald Trump and I started talking about cat memes. If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do,\u201d the Ohio senator said.<\/p>\n
CNN\u2019S DANA BASH: \u201cYou just said that this is a story that you created.\u201d<\/p>\n
VANCE, \u201cIt comes from firsthand accounts from my constituents. I say that we\u2019re creating a story, meaning we\u2019re creating the American media focusing on it. I didn\u2019t create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into Springfield thanks to Kamala Harris\u2019 policies. Her policies did that. But yes, we created the actual focus that allowed the American media to talk about this story and the suffering caused by Kamala Harris\u2019 policies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s sit with that for a second.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
He tried to spin the comment into \u201ccreating focus,\u201d but it has been proven time and time again that this story is false. And now those migrants are fearing for their lives, there are bomb threats and acid throwing, and the Proud Boys allegedly showed up. The power of misinformation is really on display here.<\/p>\n
Ok, I\u2019ll be done with that for now, because these readings laid out the facts. I really appreciated the fact-based argument from the Center for Migration Studies of New York. Using statistics and charts lays out the arguments clearly \u2013 I thought the economic impact was particularly well-explained as it pertains to the workforce.<\/p>\n
I also appreciated Burgess\u2019s comparison of Trump\u2019s mass deportation plan to Operation Wetback, and why Trump\u2019s plan would differ drastically from the operation he seeks to replicate on a much larger scale \u2013 how it \u201cmisrepresents the context and impact of Eisenhower\u2019s policy while ignoring the vastly changed landscape of U.S. immigration today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blizter also uses a fact-based argument to say that Biden\u2019s executive order is more likely a political move to show Republicans that he is also tough on the border \u2013 as the PBS News video stated \u2013 even as it is likely ineffective and so vastly different from the bipartisan border-security bill that he had pushed for: \u201cFrom a policy perspective, though, it\u2019s difficult to see how this order would concretely address a sudden, or even a gradual, jump in new arrivals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blitzer also gives a great summary of the situation as the election nears: \u201cJudging from the polls, voters remain deeply confused about what Biden can realistically control regarding the forces of global migration. Republicans are capitalizing on the situation, and Trump is using language that\u2019s grown openly racist and fascistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Immigration came up a lot in the debate between Trump and Harris, and Trump received pushback for pushing his followers to block the bipartisan legislation. We shall see if Harris also wants to carry out the border policies that Biden did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A set of readings\/videos that were fact-based was really refreshing after a week of mass spreading of misinformation surrounding immigration in the US. I\u2019d like to talk about this more in class a little bit, since it was just beginning when we last held class, but I think the story of the Haitian migrants in<\/p>\n
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