Robert ReichDec 28, 2022

Memo to the media:

Stop letting politicians get away with calling asylum seekers "illegal immigrants" or saying they're not coming to this country "the right way." Seeking asylum is legal. Presenting themselves at the border & requesting asylum is "the right way" to seek asylum.

Show threadJayson Massey

@rbreich Maybe there wouldn't be so many asylum seekers if we stopped sending assault weapons out of our country and to the hands of drug cartels.

“Trafficking illegal guns to and from Mexico is currently not a federal crime. It really doesn’t get much crazier than that" --Eliot Engel

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-flow-of-guns-from-the-u-s-to-mexico-is-getting-lost-in-the-border-debate

The flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico is getting lost in the border debate

The Trump administration has not addressed a root cause of the violence that drives the displacement of many families in Mexico and Central America: the flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico.

PBS NewsHour
Dec 28, 2022 at 10:48pmWeb