Record Wave Of African Migrants Reach US-Mexico Border, Complain Of Bad Conditions
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🗓️ 17 June 2019
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
Record Wave Of African Migrants Reach US-Mexico Border, Complain Of Bad Conditions. Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa have begun flying across the Atlantic to South and Central America to try and enter the US at the Southern Border.
We are already at record levels of illegal immigration at our Southern border and now we see even more people flying half way around the world to travel through several countries to try and enter the US.
While Trump has used emergency powers to being construction on a border wall, many mainstream publications such as the New York Times have called on Congress and Democrats to give Trump the funding he needs.
Many questions arise in response to stories like these. Why won't Democrats provide funding for shelters, food, and personnel, and why are so many Africans skipping over safe countries to try and enter the US?
While many far left and social justice activists decry the harsh conditions faced by these migrants we seem to see no clear path to securing the border, keeping these people safe, and disincentivizing these journeys.
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| 0:00.0 | A story from PBS, record number of African migrants coming to Mexican border. |
| 0:06.1 | It's a confusing story. If they're coming from Africa because of danger, and they're in Mexico, |
| 0:11.2 | they're presumably safe. I doubt anyone's going to traverse the Atlantic ocean to try and |
| 0:16.0 | find them. So the danger has certainly been passed. Why are they then trying to come into the US? |
| 0:21.2 | Furthermore, this isn't the first time I've covered this story. There was video recently showing |
| 0:25.5 | African migrants trying to enter the US through the southern border. I've had a joke with a friend |
| 0:30.7 | of mine who was not American about how instead of trying to actually come here legally, |
| 0:34.6 | apparently going through the southern border is the easiest way to do it because everyone's doing |
| 0:37.7 | it now. Again, a joke. I'm trying to get my friend here legally as people should. But we're actually |
| 0:43.5 | seeing the story. And there are a couple of other stories. So I'm going to read through the story |
| 0:47.4 | from PBS. But also, what may be really interesting to me is that CNN's reporting that African migrants |
| 0:53.7 | are denouncing the conditions at the Mexico border, which the question I want to ask is for one. |
| 0:58.6 | First, why are they coming this way? Why are they trying to enter the US through the Mexican border |
| 1:03.2 | from Africa? But more importantly, why are they complaining about the conditions in Mexico instead |
| 1:08.4 | of just staying in Mexico? Why are they trying to... I understand the US is very, very nice. Mexico is |
| 1:14.0 | not that bad, especially if they're coming from war-torn, or dangerous areas. Something doesn't seem |
| 1:19.2 | to make sense. Perhaps the real goal is not asylum or refugee status. It's just economic benefit. |
| 1:25.1 | So we'll start with PBS. But before we do, head over to TimCast.com slash down it. If you'd like to |
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| 1:34.3 | and of course, like and comment on the video because the engagement really helps, share the video |
| 1:39.1 | and subscribe because that helps even more. The story says, Portland, Maine, undaunted by a dangerous |
| 1:45.4 | journey over thousands of miles, people fleeing economic hardship, and human rights abuses in |
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