On The Media #3

On The Media 3 - Smoke and Handcuffs

It may be the fact that we've been recently discussing the validity of news sources or just my personal perception, but a hot topic as of late has pushed (or at least tried to push) the common media consumer to research and evaluate the content that they are being fed by media corporations. In this week's on the media, the replacement host Bob Garfield, slammed Fox News for their relentless promotion of a heavy Right-Wing Agenda. My own personal views of Fox are skewed as growing up in a Very conservative culture where few questioned the bias in the news, I have definitely grown to dislike an contain an inherent distaste for the organization as well. The next point, and one that will probably be the topic of conversation for the entirety of his term is Donald trump.

The next topic on the On The Media talk show was about Sanctuary Cities. Anything dealing with Immigration is a topic that really hits home for me as I am a Recipient of DACA. The protection enacted by Pres. Obama allowing childhood immigrants brought to this country by their parents without documentation a real chance to integrate themselves productively into society without fear of being deported to a country they don't TRULY call home. "Sanctuary Cities", simply refers to the areas through the states that have pushed back on the activities of ICE. Although ICE officials state that the recent activity has nothing to do with the current presidential administration, It is hard to believe that the campaign promises of Trump aren't being executed. Despite my own bias, the only evidence needed to demonstrate what a huge waste of resources this is, is the clear statistics and data of the cost to deport illegals. If interested in learning the figures please read some of the info Here.

The immigration problem facing the nation does not contain a clear cut solution and the happy go lucky "Make America Great Again"  Promises of Donald Trump will NOT fix the underlying issue. The reason these Sanctuary Cities are able to gain such traction is the fact that not everyone buys into the mindless executive orders of the Trump administration. In order to Fix this problem there must be a more economically sound method. I believe the governors of these cities understand that operating this country on fear and shifting blame to others does not work.