Donald trump (big fan to chat with people on Twitter) for the first time addressed the nation in Prime time broadcast television. As was announced, the President’s speech, which took 8 minutes, dealt with the situation on the southern border. Contrary to expectations, the White house has not announced any decisions, and especially the state of emergency or the closing of the border.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 9, 2019
In his speech trump gave a personal assessment of the crisis on the border with Mexico and in General the situation in the field of migration: immigration is a «crisis of the heart crisis of the soul.» So trump said on «the growing humanitarian crisis and the crisis in security on our southern border» and stated that «we do not have enough space to keep them, and we are not able to quickly return home to their country.» The problem threatens all citizens of the United States, as the migrants bring with them weapons, crime, drugs, etc., and disrupt the labor market: «All Americans are suffering from uncontrolled illegal migration. It strains public resources and reduces jobs and wages».
Trump: immigration is a «crisis of the heart crisis of the soul»
Next, trump summed up that the United States can no longer accept illegal migrants, but has not stated about any actions. Recall that the position of the President was known, and no current treatment, but activity trump for the reduction of migration are blocked by Democrats, including the construction of the Wall. The dispute over the Wall has led to the fact that the US Government hasn’t been working for almost three weeks.
In fact, immediately after the speech of Donald trump aired, the speaker of Congress, the democratic majority leader Nancy Pelosi. She noted that the Democrats are not against stopping illegal immigration and importation of drugs, but I think that for this you need not to build the wall, and to develop the infrastructure of border crossings, to equip them with scanners, to replenish the us, etc.
«Women and children at the border are not a threat to security, they constitute a humanitarian problem, which exacerbated the cruel and counterproductive policies of President trump», expressed his position Pelosi.
The details and figures mentioned by trump, in a speech not without inaccuracies, although this time they were much less than usual. He said that over the last two years, ICE has detained 266 of thousands of migrants with criminal records. However, as noticed in CBS News, the number of all detained migrants. Of these, only 55 233 migrants later got charged with criminal articles.
ABC News challenged and the word «crisis» used by tramp to describe the situation with illegal migration. The publication recalled that in 2001 on the border was arrested 1 643 679 illegal, since this number is constantly decreasing, and in 2018 was detained 396 579 migrants.
It remains a mystery why was this appeal. Perhaps trump is trying to convey their position to the maximum range of citizens before to make it more dramatic statement or to take decisive steps. Recall that on Thursday, the White house plans to visit the border with Mexico and personally meet with the military and employees of the different agencies directly involved in the border crisis. Perhaps some statements will be announced there.
