Can we clarify something, please! This morning a news article talked about a federal judge temporarily blocking the Trump administration from denying asylum to migrants who illegally cross the southern border. What are we talking about? This statement clearly mixes apples with oranges.
People that cross the border to work are often called migrants and this country has had, like it or not, a symbiotic relationship with them.
Some are legal, many are not. They have harvested our crops and we have paid them a fraction of what a US citizen would get. They have no social security numbers so any benefits they could get would be minimal if at all. They are not a drain on our economy, they support it, often at their own expense because that is better than starving. This year because of administration policy that changed and many crops rotted in the fields. Sad for everyone.
mi·grant
/ˈmīɡrənt/
noun
1.
a worker who moves from place to place to do seasonal work.
synonyms: immigrant, emigrant
A group of people, that legally seek asylum are called REFUGEES. Not migrants. Not illegal.
ref·u·gee
/ˌrefyo͝oˈjē/
noun
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
It is our humanitarian duty to offer refuge. It is not illegal. These people go through
I don't expect Trump to change his tune because he is pushing a fear based agenda that "illegal migrants" are bad people and we need to keep them out. Maybe Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric would like to go pick tomatoes?
But I respectfully request that the media get it right and stop parroting what gets erroneously repeated.
REFUGEES. They deserve a chance to find asylum here.
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