Comments by "Jj T" (@jjt1881) on "ONSCENE TV" channel.

  1. Well, we don't know much about that besides the President's comments. However, it is clear that the majority of Centroamericans in the caravan are not true asylum seekers.
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  2. I think we should all have a rational debate about this. There is a clear difference between economic migration (legal or illegal) on the one hand, and asylum seeking on the other. Asylum is a human right, whereas illegal migration is no right whatsoever. Of course, there is a real possibility that economic migrants also may try to pass as asylum seekers. In those cases, our country has every right to deny them entry. However, the two things must be clearly differentiated. We cannot treat one as if it were the other, as many in the popular media discussion do. Our law allows asylum seekers to apply either from a legal port of entry or not. The reasons are obvious. Asylum seekers may be fleeing from political persecution and if they have no other way to reach our shores we have to take that into consideration for the right of asylum to make sense. Think of the Cuban refugees (the Balseros) during the 90s. There was almost no other way for them to enter the U.S. except illegally. If we want to change the law we should also think about the consequences of denying the rights of asylum to everyone else, not just selectively (besides, asylum it is part of an international corpus of law that we have signed, so it is not so easy to get rid of it, as if we were living on an Island). There is another possibility, we could also restrict the definition of persecution to exclude some non-political forms of it (e.g. gang persecution), although that could be legally problematic and probably unfair to other kinds of non-state persecution, like religious persecution. Lastly, it is clear that if a person fleeing from gang violence in Honduras is able to live without persecution in Mexico, he or she should apply for asylum there. On the other hand, there is fairness, e.g. if you claim that MS13 is after you, it is worth noting that they have gangs on each side of the border, so living in the U.S. does not guarantee security from that particular gang. Lastly, it is worth emphasizing that asylum is a human right, whereas illegal migration is no right whatsoever. Economic migration, on the other hand is not an absolute right, it depends on the host country's laws and policies. Having all that in mind would make for a reasonable debate about the topic beyond inflammatory stereotypes.
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  3. All of you ashole violent Trumptards come here like rabid dogs looking for news to quench your thirst. Ukraine and Russia are on the brink of war, but you don't care. The Federal government just released a statement about the real and present danger of Climate change to the U.S. economy, but you don't care. Trump is giving MBS a pass for torturing and killing a WP reporter, but you don't care. However, 500 poor desperate fools try unsuccessfully to cross the US border and WHAAAAT!! NOW WE HAVE AN INVASION. Poor pathetic morons.
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