I'm posting this because it's sort of like my research process. I'm trying to learn more about the issue, I don't claim to know nothing about anything but I want to understand both perspectives better. My Grand mother was an immigrant from Spain she was fleeing Franco's aircraft bombardments in the 1930s. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her fighting to get here. I also understand Texas's point of view where they feel like they are overwhelmed and there isn't enough funding and help to support the crisis at the border! WHAT A MESS
Here in California we've never had these kinds of problems with immigrants coming in. We just get them settled and put them to work. Skill issue, Texas.
It's fucked up all kinds of ways. I'm really curious as the other person mentioned why the focus is on Texas crossings? Why is it so heavy in Texas? The governor is concentrating forces and politicizing at specific crossings, not along the entire Texas Border, which makes it seem more like it's mostly 4-5 key locations. Why are those different from California, New Mexico, Arizona? Is it because of the harsher desert along those borders? Or is it systemic mismanagement for political gain? I'm from Texas, just a couple hours away from the border in fact. I don't trust the state government to act in good faith after the 2021 hard freeze. They continue to pass regressive non productive laws and cut back funding on what I consider essential services all while squeezing more progressive areas if the state. I just can't trust the Texas GOP anymore.
Your coverage is first class. You managed to defend both sides while also saying their shortcomings all without taking a side, using first hand experience which really humanizes your point of view.
The channel did take a side though, the side is clearly "Cartels and Crime cannot be super bad if opportunistic illegal migrants are common" and "Opportunistic illegal migrants cannot be common if Cartels and Crime are super bad." It's not an officially endorsed opinion by any specific entity but it is an opinion. "Without advertising a mainstream voting block" is more accurate.
There's a Greek joke that's relevant to this... A lawyer's son becomes a lawyer too, and takes over his father's office... a month later his father visits him at the office to check things out... the son says, remember that problem with the two farmers fighting over land borders?... I solved it!... his father turned green listening to that and said '' You fool... that argument got you through law school over these years... what are you gonna do now''...? So yes!... it's political... everything is political...
It's called the Texas State Guard. The National Guard can be called up by the State Governor of the state of which it is part or it can be federalized by the President of the United States. The Texas State Guard cannot be federalized. The members of the State Guard are un payed. I was part of the Texas National Guard when I was in college. I had also been active duty. I was a bit surprised to find out that Texas had another "Guard". However, the soldiers on the border are actual members of the National Guard and can be federalized if President Biden wants to.
I'm glad you acknowledged the dissonance between saying how awful the cartels are but then also acting like nobody fleeing them has legitimate reason to do so. An artist whose work I quite liked just announced they have to stop posting because their family is fleeing because of the murders.
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election. also you should nto stand with texas the one authority when it comes to boarder security it the fedral. if texas can use their national guard to strengthen boarder security despite federal goverment disagreeing then california can use their national guard to open the boarder despit the federal goverment disagreeing thats a scary place to be in thats why federal goverment gets final say.
My dad came here illegally from Mexico in the 80's, was granted amnesty, and then eventually became a citizen. He's a pretty liberal Bernie-bro kinda guy, so it surprised me when he's come out starkly against what's happening at the border. I get the idea from him that the people who are coming across today vs the kinds of folks back in his day are not the same kinds of people with the same kinds of goals. I find it somewhat ironic he's protective of his "free stuff" from other people who inherently seem to want the same thing.
dude im sorry but thats just not true. your dad just one of those hypocrite migrants. its propaganda that the people coming here are not the same. cartels have always been a thing, even when your dad was coming up. they have been coming and going and nothing is gonna stop that. its the same thing with drugs and abortions, if you dont federally supervise, it will still be done, just more dangerously. like places that provide free clean needles to stop diseases from spreading and making sure abortions are done safely, timely, and with after care in mind, instead of the alternative
you're second channel coverage is better thought out and more nuanced than most channels dedicated to this sort of thing, a bravo is definitely deserved given most of your audience is probably right leaning due to the military news content on the main channel and you'd do better from catering to that but the unbiased analysis is definitely refreshing
Operation Fast & Furious where the ATF tried to catch the cartel with gun shipments in order to track down their routes but ended up just giving the cartel a lot of machine guns back in like the 80s
"Think? I don't think!" - Kid being interviewed about privacy. Some time in 2010's People who have an agenda think and say something else, people who don't act and don't tell you.
Man, I've been following you for some time now. Respect what you do! Im like you I find geopolitics fascinating, and I want people to understand what's really going on bc people really don't know. I've been researching a lot of the topics you cover on both this channel and the other.
Illegals used to try to avoid the border patrol but now they seek them out . They are then processed and sent to local shelters run by gov funded NGOs and then transported to the interior of the country. This is a very well funded and organized thing, not your grandmother's immigration.
14:10 These are not legal migrants. These are people trying to enter the country illegally. Also, it’s not just people from Mexico,Central and South America. People are flying to Mexico from China, Africa, Afghanistan, and Central European countries. I couldn’t afford a one way ticket from the U.S. to their country so how are they getting the money to fly to this hemisphere? Many are military age males. The comment I just read from Australia is right, we are engaged in a Cold Civil War.
i think you answered your own question...its probably a lot cheaper to fly to a random mexican city than anywhere in the USA from china and all those other countries you threw into the ring.
I'm from Brazil and is my dream to migrate to the US one day, but if I achieve this will be legally. I don't feel like I have the right to enter other countries just because my situation is bad. I can see how people are desperate also, my country is going more and more authoritarian by the day, and our voices are ignored, we feel the push and know that are other places where the situation is worst. I'm a programmer and a husband, and if one day I achieve the dream of entering the US will be by my merit and work and by the law. But some of this people need help, how to separate the wolf from the sheep? How to help then without letting everyone in? I don't know, but I still look to America as the leader of a free world.
More authoritarian by the day? I never expected to hear that since Lula became president again and Bolsonato was out. I guess the liberals can be just as controlling and power hungry as conservatives ... I know a lot of people from Brasil and most say that in Brasil the criminals have all the rights and the victims don't have any rights 😢 Unfortunately unless you have family here the chances of legal immigration are slim. We need immigrants but in general our politicians have been too busy trying to win political games and not busy enough resolving issues 😢. If you're already a husband the marriage path probably won't work for you. I hope you find another path, maybe through a company or something else. I encourage you to keep trying. Boa sorte!!
Well let me let you know rn to buy a hose you got to be rich American rich and even American people rn can’t buy a house rent is so high food cost a lot more it’s not just your country honestly I want to move out of the us this is just out hand this is not the America I was born in am 24 now when I was little there was a more home and now it’s just supper population and I don’t live a in a big city it suck it just I have never being racially but now I don’t want no one coming we should shut down the border and let know one in and who ever does make it super hard to live here for them as a American the American dream is over the best time to come was the 80s and 90 cause they where a chance here now there is no jobs for Americans I been looking for a job but nothing that what suck when they give every one work permits and visas I live in a city where we got a lot of ukrain people a lot of afghans here and they come first before American people and there all mean thinking there better than you am a American Mexican 10 generation here and they think am like them until I bring my passport and the afghans at the store stoped laughing
@@jorgeaspera The immigration isint the problem its the government & stfu talking about the 80s & 90s your are 24 you have nooo clue about that time. Stop listining to your racist family & go watch F.D. Signifier
Wait what? Obligation? No... Come here legally they dont want to do that, they dont want to respect the place they want to be enough to make an effort. So that is why I will never be ok with them
At the moment, it is a no win situation, for eiither gov't, or the citizens of the US or anywhere else that has citizens involved in it. But, the US can only handle so much immigration, Canada has the same issue, too many immigrants, too little housing, not enough jobs that pay well enough for them to live here.
For soldiers, we do what our chain of command tells us to do -- no matter that people at the top are messing with one another, blowing off their duty to make good sense of things and give us proper guidance on what we're supposed to get done. We've been little more than tools in their fights against one another for generations -- Vietnam, Afghanistan, everywhere in between, they score points in the press while we pay the cost. Cappy, good copy.
Cappy, wanting to get away from gang violence and wanting to make more money aren't mutually exclusive. I moved out of Oregon because it was getting to expensive AND the neighbors (both liberal and conservatives) were turning into sanctimonious jerks. Unfortunately we have a media industry that caters to its audience and will only present one side of most issues to keep eyes on. As a result most people who don't get outside their cognitive bubble only see what they want. This is why I appreciate your channels. Keep up the good work.
The right (law makers) in general have a vested interest in the immigration crisis continuing,as its the most salient issue for there base,and solving it would risk Republicans losing elections.they have pulled the plug 3 times now in last 15 years on bipartisan deals.were they perfect deals,no but would have made things far better.To be fair Bidden did dither on the issue for too long,although I doubt we would find ourselves in a different place.BTW I'm not someone who supports open borders,i think we need to halt nearly all immigration from the southern border for a number of years,as a disincentive,we cant keep this up and it gives credence to worst among us,and elevates them into the main stream.in short we will rip ourselves to peaces if it remains a problem for much longer.
Yeah, it's a running theme for the republicans in general to complain about a problem, say they have a solution, then even if a democrat decides to implement their solution, the republicans will turn around and shoot down their own idea anyway, because they prefer blaming the problem on the other side to fixing it. It was the same with healthcare, the ACA was a republican idea lifted straight from romney, but as soon as the other side came around to it suddenly it's the worst thing ever.
That border bill gave most of the money to Ukraine and Israel and a small portion to the border. Also, massive NGOs are selling these people pipe dreams in their home countries.
One aspect that's often overlooked is that many countries around the world have declining populations and even the US population is aging because people aren't making babies like they used to. Programs like social security are basically just a ponzi scheme. You have to keep putting more into the bottom or the top runs out of money and we're literally facing that in the next few years. For that reason and to fill jobs that employers just cannot hire for, we need legal immigration but our politicians have refused to provide that legal pathway.
You don't fix a social security deficit with open borders unless everyone coming in is stupidly wealthy and decides they want to be a net-payer the moment they set foot in the country. A social safety net and open borders are mutually exclusive: if you have open borders your social programs fail (and social sec has been heavily strained for decades prior to the borders being flung-open; it was a major talking point during the first election I was able to vote in, and that was literally 20 years ago) One could make an argument that it MAY work 50 years down the road to have a short period of unchecked migration, but in the real world that social program will have long since imploded due to the acute economic strain placed upon it DURING the open border period. Plus, you need to carefully select who is coming in based on skill set, etc if you're looking to refill the pool of workers, and we aren't doing that. Not to mention most of our low-skill manufacturing, etc is already in Mexico, China, Vietnam, Philippines, etc. And these aren't heart surgeons and electrical engineers using cartel coyotes to get them into the US, lol.
I am married to an immigrant who came here legally, illegal immigration drives her nuts, after all the work she did, trips to uscis offices to prove we are actually married, and all this after we had met while she was here on a visa AND WENT HOME BECAUSE HER VISA EXPIRED! But that being said, I am friends with a number of good Americans, who immigrated illegally or overstayed visas, but then went the legal route and became extremely productive citizens. If anything, this has made me think we need to make it MUCH HARDER to come here illegally, but at the same time, we should make it MUCH MUCH EASIER to immigrate legally, so we at least can know who is here. A simple vetting(I know that can be difficult) or a follow system that can track these individuals and assess if they are becoming productive members of society, or if they are criminals and TikTokers, in which case they should be launched into the sun.
Guess what. Democrats have been trying to pass immigration reform ALONG WITH increased border protection for decades now. Can you guess why it hasnt happened? Ill make it easy. The republicans arent negotiating in good faith, and really havent been since the clinton administration. From what i see of the political history on the subject, Democrats are all for a cracked down border, but in exchange they want a lot of the red tape cut, which is what you described. Even recently, the republicans denied another border bill just because trump said no. The party is full of clowns.
I appreciate Cappy trying to get information out there on these topics without taking a side. I always heard people say, “just immigrate legally” but never looked into what that process entails. After an hour of research it’s still very vague but it will likely take the adult child of a US citizen who lives in Mexico 20+ years and $6-8,000 to get a green card. I’d say for the people who feel they have to migrate to the US, justified or not, that is in no way an option.
I was not aware that the United States somehow owes them some sort of right to come here by whatever means they can. Most countries are a giant pain in the ass to legally immigrate to, for a reason. You are not entitled to break the law just because "Well following it is too hard." I feel the need to have $2000 dollars right now but earning it is too hard, I guess I'll just go rob a store instead. I'm entitled to that money.
lol my moms husband is a migrant and certainly didnt take 20 years to get his green card. And no, they married after he became a citizen. He has his little american flag badge and all that. However, helping them through the process definitely showed me they need to lower the red tape, which...ironically...was all placed there by republicans to begin with lol.
8 USC 1325 - Illegal Entry Into the US - Federal Felony. All the gators captured in Florida should be transported to the Rio Grande. Just a thought. Also, my mother's side of the family are first generation immigrants who left the war-torn middle east, but with proper visas, and ultimately, became citizens. One 1st cousin is an Internal Medicine specialist with the VAMC in SF, CA. Dad's side is mixed Scandinavian and Argentine. So, we're all a mix. -Point is, they all came into the country in the country legally. My mother has been a citizen for over 50 yrs. -Many of my nuclear and extended family assisted with Allied, and in several subsequent events, Coalition forces, and ultimately, came over here. My point - There's a legal way to immigrate, and there's an illegal way. That is all. Carry on.
The right that should have happened was enforce immigration laws already on the books and keep the policies from the past administration to prevent this problem and finish building the border wall. Another way is to see what can be done diplomatically to the nations where these immigrants are coming from.
If people are starving in these countries, the U.S. could send food. It would save the migrants a long and dangerous walk. Also, doesn't the U.S. import a lot of food from these countries?
Most of us are the children of immigrants. Very few Americans can say they are Native to this land. However, we have been a sovereign Nation since 1776. You can't be a nation without a border. It really is that simple. Causes don't matter. Stop illegal border crossing. We still have people coming to this nation legally. I am trying to understand how this present administration can even stomach their rhetoric regarding allowing illegal immigration. They didn't encourage or help the Afghani people to come here when we ran away from their nation and left them to die at the hands of the So why is this administration so hot to allow the military aged males of the south take up residence in our country? You point out that you know people in NY...I have family and friends in Texas. (I am a life member of the Texas National Guard and was Active Hooah! Brother I understand). Friends of the family are LEO and CBP in Texas and here in Washington State. This whole situation is nuts. I minored in Latin American history. My wife helped train teachers in Honduras for 9 months. We have to stop the illegal immigration because in the long run it will impact crime and corruption in the United States. We have to hold the line. Then and only then do we offer help to the people south of the border. Corruption (la mordida) is at the heart of the problem. From the lowest levels to the highest status and political levels. It will infect our system if it is not stopped. There are people here that are benefiting from this illegal upsurge in immigration. If there wasn't there would be no illegal immigration. We have to clean up our backyard before we can truly be of help to anyone else.
This isnt the US's fault why are we unique in having borders open for immigrants? other countries dont. why are we special? because we have more? not for long. this is a voting scheme and thats what makes the most sense to me.
The admin wants people crossing but they don't want it to shut down trade at the ports. Letting em swim is the cheapest way for them to have their cake and eat it too.
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election.
I’m with Texas on this one. Immigration has gone completely out of control and it clearly started when the Biden administration took office. Both Obama and Trump were able to control the border categorically better than this. I also expect people to obey our laws and immigrate legally, the asylum claim has become a way to get around that. People coming from all around the world, not just Mexico to claim asylum, not nearby countries but to the US.
Exactly. And asylum claims must be made in the first country asylum seekers enter, not the 2nd, 3rd, or 8th, as the US often is. Asylum is just the phony excuse they give, which the open borders activists tell them to say. US law says asylum seekers must be detained until their hearings, but Biden is intentionally breaking that law, too.
I disagree with calling the National Guard a “backdoor draft.” I wasn’t drafted into the Guard, and wasn’t surprised that I would get deployed. When I joined, I figured we’d be fighting the USSR.
I was referring to the fact that the national guard was deployed constantly during GWOT in ways they weren’t originally meant for. It made them a real combat force , i think in hindsight it’s a good thing the guard was transformed . At one point the national guard infantry was deploying for 12months then home for 12 months , they were doing multiple deployments . Without that transformation they would have needed a draft.
Of course some of them are really fleeing. But a refugee stops at the first safe position. And there's massive amounts of welfare in the US. How about that is removed, it would greatly change who tries to come.
It’s also probably a mix of both violence and economic opportunity. 60 minutes also did a story on the influx of Chinese migrants who’ve fled their country to America where their education and skills will be better compensated especially given the thousands of people who handed over their life savings in China for a house that was never constructed or it fell apart. But in terms of central/South American migrants it’s gotta be over all the violence, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Chile and others countries have lived under intense gang and cartel violence for decades the cartels are even starting to to carry out drone attacks in the rural areas of Mexico. It’s a multifaceted problem with no easy solution. In a perfect world I think it would be great to take in these new migrants and help them make a better life but factors such a the fentanyl crisis complicates that idea, and further more, we should ask ourselves is taking in these migrants the responsibility thing to do if we don’t have the housing or resources to help them? Because shoving them out into the streets in tents likely isn’t any better than the living situations they fled from. I would like the think I’m pro migrant but as more issues pile up I don’t know if we should accept them at this point
The US was built by migrants, economic or otherwise. Regardless, due to the practical constraints of social and economic integration migration must be a controlled process
As to the reasons for the surge, its complicated. The cartels are a huge factor for people leaving, but we can't ignore that many of these countries are in economic recession. People can't work and that is fueling crime, and both these factors are spurring migration- its a tale as old as time.
0:23 Yessir, Killer; Not long after i made the decision to get back into uniform (in the MD ARNG, instead of going back into the Corps) , the 29th ID responded to W's call for help at the border. I volunteered. It was...Interesting. Great living quarters, though, when we weren't in the field...The hotel where we were based was a Five-Diamond resort...as in, not maxed out at Five STARS, but maxed out the whole next level or two...the Diamond scale...higher...lolol...For real. For about a week or so of the time we were staying at the resort, the resort was also hosting the Mrs. America pageant...lol Yeah, that was cool... 🙂
While I too have immigrant ancestors and I do think some people should be able to immigrate to the US, however times change, as well as our country and our systems are not able to handle the influx of people coming into the country! The way our government and institutions work are by its citizens paying into the system, which is how everything functions (which hasn't been great lately anyway), but when you add to many extra people into the system to fast, it will collapse and we are a lot closer to that than some Americans think or want to admit! I think what is happening in Texas should be a wakeup call for Americans, its crunch time and the time to act is now, it's either you, your family, your friends and country or keep letting migrants into the country until it's too late! Remember, math never lies, and we are currently losing to that equation, we have to stop adding to balance scales!
there is a ton of space in Kansas. we should build a city in the middle of nowhere with basic capabilities and transport for said city. we have hundreds of dying towns all over the country that could benefit from an influx of good hard working people. god knows most Americans don't want to work. as a country we can solve this issue. just get ahold of me and I'll fix it.
It seems to me that the Federal Government set the migration policy based off of ideology and because they didn't have to deal with the consequences of uncontrollable immigration. That's why I think it was such a brilliant idea for AZ and TX to send Democrat cities migrants because it's what they asked for and caused. BUT, if a state government can flat out be insubordinate and defy federal authority, that sets a horrible precedent and can lead to some catastrophic consequences in the future. Also, if it wasn't such a ridiculously difficult and lengthy process to migrate legally, a lot more people would probably immigrate the right way
A country is like a club where the members get to vote on the rules. Each member gets a vote and members get to review prospective new members and have a say on inviting them in or not. Problems occur when people join the club who want significantly different rules than you do. It's a terrible feeling to realize there aren't any other clubs that have the rules you like, and your club is now filling up with people who strongly want different rules than you do, and the people in charge of membership are inviting them in without the mandated review process. You suddenly realize that your club leadership wanted to change the rules all along and is using these new members to do it in a way that lets them escape responsibility for the changes. Change this analogy to reality, the place where you live and own a home, and it isn't just an annoyance, it's an existential attack with a corresponding existential panic. Ponder how that must feel for a few minutes. You are cornered and being threatened with being dominated and forced to accept changes that alter your entire existence without your consent. That's not democracy, that's rape.
Hi Cappy, I know you're trying to remain unbiased and empathetic to migrants, but you need to make a distinction between migration and immigration. These people do not care about respecting the process, and it hurts people who are trying to immigrate legally. My wife is an immigrant, and even we had a difficult time of the process... and marrying an American is supposedly the easiest path to citizenship!
There are people coming here to make a buck, but although they are coming through Mexico, they are coming from elsewhere, mostly parts of Africa, Mainland China(!) or even the Middle East. There are plenty of people fleeing gang violence or bad government from elsewhere in the Americas, too.
A friend of mine is connected to the border crisis. Told me stories of people using kids as bridges to walk across the razor wire, and us reporters handing suitcases to migrants...who then stuffed kids iinto them and tried floating them across the river. We should have built up defenses along the entire border back when Poncho Villa was raiding US towns Edit, because that was the first I've heard that it was only 100,000 bused. Just 100k got bused, and it crushed all those mega cities, those urban hellscapes loaded with collectivism and leftism? That's astounding. The entire design and culture of those areas is to keep packing more people into smaller spaces. And 100k out of 4mil breaks them? How the hell is rural Texas supposed to handle it then? Also, the billions of dollars worth of illegal marajana grow sites in Maine alone, run by illegal imigrants and people trafficked by the ccp indictates that they aren't coming here for acceptable reasons
using kids as Bridges over barbed wire? dude c'mon. thats str8 propaganda. i live by the border and this whole thing is over blown, just say you dont want more brown people who dont speak english here. you're probably the same type to think diversity bad
not just that but the fact you think drugs will stop coming if we add razor wire every where is just stupid. also guess who put up that barbed wire 🤣🤣🤣. our govt is powerful enough to solve all the problems we face and then some in humane and effective ways. yet poeple like you blame poor migrants for many of the problems they face instead of focusing on this broken ass system we're all forced to take part in.
Well first off if the CIA doesn’t have the networks of South America recorded by now they are a waste of space as an agency, and their tendency to overstep the bounds of acceptable measures makes them a gross negative effect for the US. Assuming we have been doing our jobs over the last 30-50 years we should have loads of information on any possible parties. Again assuming this information is accurate and will hold up in national court it’s time we resume our doorkicking initiatives. This time closer to home. Small 15-30 man Special Ops teams with air support on stand by for all missions. Let’s get this done and develop our neighbors close to home. We’ve given the rest of the world the helping hand in the past, and it is long over due that we bring American aid to the victims throughout ALL of South America. We ought to have teams in place to prevent all border crossings South before operations are initiated. First think pests do when you stir their nests is they build new one. Start in Ecuador secure the Canal (it needs improvements while we’re there), and be ready to slap Venezuela if they get lippy about American interventionism. Remember that China has bases in Chile now so if anything pops off near Taiwan we should expect Texas will be their prime source of invasion as it has throughout the centuries before. Likely will find aramaments coming from Chile or their Naval Carriers/ Russian Subs.
Chappy you focused on one Mexican family when in reality the Mexicans are in the slimmest minority of people crossing with as usual the largest being from Central America and Venezuela . But we are seeing them coming from Haiti , Africa and now Chinese coming into Calif . If you want to have open arms to anyone that wants in then tell me just how much more in taxes are you willing to pay ? And I live in Houston , TX which has a large illegal population and there is a housing shortage causing rent & home prices to soar and they are continually asking for more schools that need to be built and increase in school taxes . And the city and county are having millions of tax dollars going for programs for housing and other social programs and even to fund attorneys for illegals facing deportation all the while the streets are crumbling , the water system is old and needs updating and there is not enough police or fire personnel to handle the calls , but the needs of these illegals are required .
I know you are trying your best to be as non bias as possible, but we all know what's causing the mass migration. They were invited. Great video bro. No hate whatsoever 🤘🏽👍🏽
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election.
An observation from an Aussie you guys are in a civil war look at the rhetoric before the first one which was economically based not to free the slaves
@@Ilamarea the northern states were industrialised the southern states were agriculture based but were starting to industrialise so would have undercut the northern factory's because of slave labour ....early american history is based on expansion. After ww2 you had industrialised expansion because you were the only country still standing, you have had an economic advantage because you dollar has been the global trading currency...that is coming to an end because of multiple factors .America is like the aunty with ten credit cards you are living beyond your means and eventually that will catch up with you..I am not anti american I think you have a lot to give humanity in your constitution and freedoms but your economic situation is changing and I think that you will be hurt ...thank you
@CL-ie5fz my country has many problems one of which is a socialist system which is economically unsustainable..I like America and your constitution and freedoms but as a nation you are becoming polarised and that is never good..thank you
@@robertsimpson6324 I'm not American. Thing is, US is doing better than the rest of the world and is dominant by a large margin in tech and AI which will drive the next revolution. They've got their own oil and some of the most productive farmland on the planet. Their only two problems are total idiots getting to vote and increasing inequality. The latter is also not a problem unique to the US and solving it is not in their interest as a state. Things are shaky right now, but the worst case scenario pales in comparison to the inevitable extinction of humanity at the hands of AI.
I know the reason for this. High inflation because of covid money printing, as well as Ukraine Russia conflict+sanctions. The consumer mindset sees the growing prices and tries to buy everything as soon as possible aka cheaper, this causes a tight labor market as companies try to produce all these goods and services. The government raises interest rates to crush demand and increase unemployment. So the part we are seeing is the demand for workers. So US business owners want to get this cheap labor from Mexico so they can run their factories without paying higher wages and increasing prices. This is called the wage-price spiral, but business owners just see the tight labor market and look for cheaper workers
@ArchesBro There's also a labor shortage that is due to structural mismatch where there's an oversupply of college graduates who don't want to do skilled labor in spite of skilled labor demand with matching high salaries (they really absolutely don't want to because of the subconscious constraint of doing something explicitly related to one's degree) and illegal immigration is only partly meeting skilled labor, while mostly African Americans with American parents doing unskilled labor are now consistently outcompeted by willing illegal migrants. Also factories don't pay low wages, manufacturing consistently pays higher wages than services and agriculture except skilled laborers in agriculture and services. Speaking of skilled laborers and professionals, there is a high supply of wannabe legal migrants who qualify for these but legal immigration is difficult for them. The market is distorted so much by government policies such as tuition loans, loose illegal immigration with very strict legal migration, unconstrained spending with very low interest rates for decades, and so on.
@@tinyleopard6741 I mostly agree with what you are saying, definitely not important to point out skilled labor by race lol, we arent politicians. As far as factories, it really depends on what type of factory we are talking about, for example meat packing, chicken factory, simple manufactured goods like clothing, extruded plastics are not very high paying or skilled, but I guess that's all relative. Yes, the government has distorted the market to extreme levels in ways most people can't understand. The real tragedy is that high levels of immigrant cheap labor debases the native working-class population, and their assets over time decline relative to the wealthy who own the factories that swell with profits from the cheaper labor. This relationship causes people to hoard money and have fewer kids or just get crushed financially over time. Its fucked up
Well. First off. You have got to open your brain all the way up. This is a global operation. Federal governments vs the individual countries. The government is one body and the people who are governed is another. This I happening everywhere. Down to america level, its united states vs federal government. It's that simple. A cold war for now. Could get hot at anytime. Another way to look at it I world collapse. World powers are collapsing. To really get it, you have to be able to take in uncomprehinsible amounts of data all at once and process it all. Ive put it into its simplest form here. There are many problems. All getting solved. One way or another.
The amount of people that have illegally crossed is devastating to our economy. These people are now walking our streets doing whatever they want and getting away with it. They are just depleting "funds" that came from our taxes that should be getting used to fix our economy. It's sickening for us all. They will be walking our streets for years with no records on who they are. They won't be putting anything back into our economy.
On one hand, I don't like what Texas is doing. On the other, if the Feds win, then states that are doing the right thing will automatically lose in the event that the wrong party is in the white house.
its the fault of the US doing drugs. best way toi fix it. make drugs legal they wont make mney. thn tax it like hell. use that money to help this people.
The issue isn't migrants coming here. The issue is them trying to sneak in rather then going through the actual process of coming here at ports of entry and either going through the process to get visas, permanent residence, citizenship or refuge status. There is a entire process already build in ans everyone going around that is spitting in the face of those who went through the entire process legally.
As someone working at a migrant shelter in New York I can confidently say the majority of people at this particular camp are coming from Africa. A very fair number of South Americans are here but it’s definitely predominantly Africans. On the note of South Americans whether people are here fleeing from cartels or desperate for work they’re going to need work and we need them. Our birthrate is not going to keep up with demand but it feels like installing a sink without the drain with how long it takes to get these people able to work legally. It blows my mind that special expedited measures haven’t even been discussed (far as I know) to ease to burden on the community. Imagine if we could get these people to pay taxes and support themselves!
I'm posting this because it's sort of like my research process. I'm trying to learn more about the issue, I don't claim to know nothing about anything but I want to understand both perspectives better. My Grand mother was an immigrant from Spain she was fleeing Franco's aircraft bombardments in the 1930s. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for her fighting to get here. I also understand Texas's point of view where they feel like they are overwhelmed and there isn't enough funding and help to support the crisis at the border! WHAT A MESS
Here in California we've never had these kinds of problems with immigrants coming in. We just get them settled and put them to work. Skill issue, Texas.
I am all for legal immigration, but what is going on at our border is not that at all.
@@specialagentdustyponcho1065as far as I know California has not had these numbers of ILLEGAL migrants in such a short amount of time.
This is not a good situation
It's fucked up all kinds of ways. I'm really curious as the other person mentioned why the focus is on Texas crossings? Why is it so heavy in Texas? The governor is concentrating forces and politicizing at specific crossings, not along the entire Texas Border, which makes it seem more like it's mostly 4-5 key locations. Why are those different from California, New Mexico, Arizona? Is it because of the harsher desert along those borders? Or is it systemic mismanagement for political gain?
I'm from Texas, just a couple hours away from the border in fact. I don't trust the state government to act in good faith after the 2021 hard freeze. They continue to pass regressive non productive laws and cut back funding on what I consider essential services all while squeezing more progressive areas if the state. I just can't trust the Texas GOP anymore.
As an Aussie observer of events. This video is most objective balanced report I have seen on the whole situation.
Well done!
Your coverage is first class. You managed to defend both sides while also saying their shortcomings all without taking a side, using first hand experience which really humanizes your point of view.
The channel did take a side though, the side is clearly "Cartels and Crime cannot be super bad if opportunistic illegal migrants are common" and "Opportunistic illegal migrants cannot be common if Cartels and Crime are super bad." It's not an officially endorsed opinion by any specific entity but it is an opinion. "Without advertising a mainstream voting block" is more accurate.
There's a Greek joke that's relevant to this... A lawyer's son becomes a lawyer too, and takes over his father's office... a month later his father visits him at the office to check things out... the son says, remember that problem with the two farmers fighting over land borders?... I solved it!... his father turned green listening to that and said '' You fool... that argument got you through law school over these years... what are you gonna do now''...?
So yes!... it's political... everything is political...
We have 2 "National Guard". The Texas Army National Guard and the National Guard. The former has the Governor as Commander in Chief
It's called the Texas State Guard. The National Guard can be called up by the State Governor of the state of which it is part or it can be federalized by the President of the United States. The Texas State Guard cannot be federalized. The members of the State Guard are un payed. I was part of the Texas National Guard when I was in college. I had also been active duty. I was a bit surprised to find out that Texas had another "Guard". However, the soldiers on the border are actual members of the National Guard and can be federalized if President Biden wants to.
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I'm glad you acknowledged the dissonance between saying how awful the cartels are but then also acting like nobody fleeing them has legitimate reason to do so. An artist whose work I quite liked just announced they have to stop posting because their family is fleeing because of the murders.
Thank you for your review of this! 🔥
I love the style of these videos, hopeful to see you upload more often in this channel. ¡Saludos desde España!
I stand with Texas. The fact a state has to step up and stop a literal invasion says all you need to know about current validity of federal authority.
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election. also you should nto stand with texas the one authority when it comes to boarder security it the fedral. if texas can use their national guard to strengthen boarder security despite federal goverment disagreeing then california can use their national guard to open the boarder despit the federal goverment disagreeing thats a scary place to be in thats why federal goverment gets final say.
My dad came here illegally from Mexico in the 80's, was granted amnesty, and then eventually became a citizen. He's a pretty liberal Bernie-bro kinda guy, so it surprised me when he's come out starkly against what's happening at the border. I get the idea from him that the people who are coming across today vs the kinds of folks back in his day are not the same kinds of people with the same kinds of goals. I find it somewhat ironic he's protective of his "free stuff" from other people who inherently seem to want the same thing.
dude im sorry but thats just not true. your dad just one of those hypocrite migrants. its propaganda that the people coming here are not the same. cartels have always been a thing, even when your dad was coming up. they have been coming and going and nothing is gonna stop that. its the same thing with drugs and abortions, if you dont federally supervise, it will still be done, just more dangerously. like places that provide free clean needles to stop diseases from spreading and making sure abortions are done safely, timely, and with after care in mind, instead of the alternative
Intetesting story.
you're second channel coverage is better thought out and more nuanced than most channels dedicated to this sort of thing, a bravo is definitely deserved given most of your audience is probably right leaning due to the military news content on the main channel and you'd do better from catering to that but the unbiased analysis is definitely refreshing
He genuinely cares about people not that fake care ''journalists'' shows people
I feel like it is all about demographics, America needs young productive people.
Operation Fast & Furious where the ATF tried to catch the cartel with gun shipments in order to track down their routes but ended up just giving the cartel a lot of machine guns back in like the 80s
Obama did it too, while he was in office
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Mr cool guy more like it
"Think? I don't think!"
- Kid being interviewed about privacy. Some time in 2010's
People who have an agenda think and say something else, people who don't act and don't tell you.
this comment has zero logic, everyone has an agenda, only the stupid or deluded claim not to. Which are you? Perhaps both
@@AeneasGeminiThe ignorant cannot have an agenda, everyone is stupid. Cry about it.
Thank God a state has finally stood up for what is right
Man, I've been following you for some time now. Respect what you do! Im like you I find geopolitics fascinating, and I want people to understand what's really going on bc people really don't know. I've been researching a lot of the topics you cover on both this channel and the other.
As an outsider, watching the US tear itself apart from the inside is kind sad
These people are paying between $4000 and $15000 for this trip. Where is all this money coming from?
China and Russia presumably.
WEF, Blackrock, Statestreet, and the UN. There are literally UN migrant camps helping them along in panama paid for by soros bucks
From their family members who are already here illegally !!
Typically extended families save up and liquidate assets, and the grandparents donate their life savings to send the younger parents on the trip.
the biden admin, have you seen the app they have access to get a direct flight from their country to the us directly?
Illegals used to try to avoid the border patrol but now they seek them out . They are then processed and sent to local shelters run by gov funded NGOs and then transported to the interior of the country. This is a very well funded and organized thing, not your grandmother's immigration.
Biden’s entire administration is false and full of criminals. They should all be ousted and punished. Harshly.
14:10 These are not legal migrants. These are people trying to enter the country illegally. Also, it’s not just people from Mexico,Central and South America. People are flying to Mexico from China, Africa, Afghanistan, and Central European countries. I couldn’t afford a one way ticket from the U.S. to their country so how are they getting the money to fly to this hemisphere? Many are military age males. The comment I just read from Australia is right, we are engaged in a Cold Civil War.
i think you answered your own question...its probably a lot cheaper to fly to a random mexican city than anywhere in the USA from china and all those other countries you threw into the ring.
thanks for using your brain, this dude wanna use his mil-sim build AR so bad @@dogsbecute
Jewish led Non profits are paying for it.
I'm from Brazil and is my dream to migrate to the US one day, but if I achieve this will be legally. I don't feel like I have the right to enter other countries just because my situation is bad. I can see how people are desperate also, my country is going more and more authoritarian by the day, and our voices are ignored, we feel the push and know that are other places where the situation is worst.
I'm a programmer and a husband, and if one day I achieve the dream of entering the US will be by my merit and work and by the law.
But some of this people need help, how to separate the wolf from the sheep? How to help then without letting everyone in? I don't know, but I still look to America as the leader of a free world.
I hope you make it out of there dude, I wish you & your family well.
People getting asylum are coming here legally.
Which is what most of the folks on the southern border are doing.
More authoritarian by the day? I never expected to hear that since Lula became president again and Bolsonato was out. I guess the liberals can be just as controlling and power hungry as conservatives ...
I know a lot of people from Brasil and most say that in Brasil the criminals have all the rights and the victims don't have any rights 😢
Unfortunately unless you have family here the chances of legal immigration are slim. We need immigrants but in general our politicians have been too busy trying to win political games and not busy enough resolving issues 😢.
If you're already a husband the marriage path probably won't work for you. I hope you find another path, maybe through a company or something else. I encourage you to keep trying. Boa sorte!!
Well let me let you know rn to buy a hose you got to be rich American rich and even American people rn can’t buy a house rent is so high food cost a lot more it’s not just your country honestly I want to move out of the us this is just out hand this is not the America I was born in am 24 now when I was little there was a more home and now it’s just supper population and I don’t live a in a big city it suck it just I have never being racially but now I don’t want no one coming we should shut down the border and let know one in and who ever does make it super hard to live here for them as a American the American dream is over the best time to come was the 80s and 90 cause they where a chance here now there is no jobs for Americans I been looking for a job but nothing that what suck when they give every one work permits and visas I live in a city where we got a lot of ukrain people a lot of afghans here and they come first before American people and there all mean thinking there better than you am a American Mexican 10 generation here and they think am like them until I bring my passport and the afghans at the store stoped laughing
@@jorgeaspera The immigration isint the problem its the government & stfu talking about the 80s & 90s your are 24 you have nooo clue about that time. Stop listining to your racist family & go watch F.D. Signifier
Wait what? Obligation? No... Come here legally they dont want to do that, they dont want to respect the place they want to be enough to make an effort. So that is why I will never be ok with them
At the moment, it is a no win situation, for eiither gov't, or the citizens of the US or anywhere else that has citizens involved in it. But, the US can only handle so much immigration, Canada has the same issue, too many immigrants, too little housing, not enough jobs that pay well enough for them to live here.
For soldiers, we do what our chain of command tells us to do -- no matter that people at the top are messing with one another, blowing off their duty to make good sense of things and give us proper guidance on what we're supposed to get done. We've been little more than tools in their fights against one another for generations -- Vietnam, Afghanistan, everywhere in between, they score points in the press while we pay the cost. Cappy, good copy.
Cappy, wanting to get away from gang violence and wanting to make more money aren't mutually exclusive. I moved out of Oregon because it was getting to expensive AND the neighbors (both liberal and conservatives) were turning into sanctimonious jerks. Unfortunately we have a media industry that caters to its audience and will only present one side of most issues to keep eyes on. As a result most people who don't get outside their cognitive bubble only see what they want. This is why I appreciate your channels. Keep up the good work.
This is a very balanced and well researched presentation. Keep up the good work. BTW, I'm with Texas on this one.
Migrants?
The right (law makers) in general have a vested interest in the immigration crisis continuing,as its the most salient issue for there base,and solving it would risk Republicans losing elections.they have pulled the plug 3 times now in last 15 years on bipartisan deals.were they perfect deals,no but would have made things far better.To be fair Bidden did dither on the issue for too long,although I doubt we would find ourselves in a different place.BTW I'm not someone who supports open borders,i think we need to halt nearly all immigration from the southern border for a number of years,as a disincentive,we cant keep this up and it gives credence to worst among us,and elevates them into the main stream.in short we will rip ourselves to peaces if it remains a problem for much longer.
Yeah, it's a running theme for the republicans in general to complain about a problem, say they have a solution, then even if a democrat decides to implement their solution, the republicans will turn around and shoot down their own idea anyway, because they prefer blaming the problem on the other side to fixing it. It was the same with healthcare, the ACA was a republican idea lifted straight from romney, but as soon as the other side came around to it suddenly it's the worst thing ever.
I’m sure the millions of poor ppl entering our country will have nothing but positive effects on our housing/rent situation, 🙏🏻👍🏻
25% of the construction industry are undocumented migrants. How do you think getting rid of them will have an effect on housing and rents?
God Bless Texas !! They are on the side of the right !! FJB !!
That border bill gave most of the money to Ukraine and Israel and a small portion to the border. Also, massive NGOs are selling these people pipe dreams in their home countries.
Drugs and Cartels and violence coming through that border illegally
Thank you.
One aspect that's often overlooked is that many countries around the world have declining populations and even the US population is aging because people aren't making babies like they used to.
Programs like social security are basically just a ponzi scheme. You have to keep putting more into the bottom or the top runs out of money and we're literally facing that in the next few years.
For that reason and to fill jobs that employers just cannot hire for, we need legal immigration but our politicians have refused to provide that legal pathway.
You don't fix a social security deficit with open borders unless everyone coming in is stupidly wealthy and decides they want to be a net-payer the moment they set foot in the country. A social safety net and open borders are mutually exclusive: if you have open borders your social programs fail (and social sec has been heavily strained for decades prior to the borders being flung-open; it was a major talking point during the first election I was able to vote in, and that was literally 20 years ago)
One could make an argument that it MAY work 50 years down the road to have a short period of unchecked migration, but in the real world that social program will have long since imploded due to the acute economic strain placed upon it DURING the open border period. Plus, you need to carefully select who is coming in based on skill set, etc if you're looking to refill the pool of workers, and we aren't doing that. Not to mention most of our low-skill manufacturing, etc is already in Mexico, China, Vietnam, Philippines, etc. And these aren't heart surgeons and electrical engineers using cartel coyotes to get them into the US, lol.
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Where did I say anything about "open borders"?
I literally said legal immigration.
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 Uh, yep, you''re absolutely right. Thought I was seeing "illegal immigration" but no I was not... Apologies
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No problem 👍
I like this format on your second channel
I didn't know you were so perceptive and articulate, Cappy. Why were you never an officer?
he was too smart?
Did your parents illegally cross the border to get into the country?
It's not the same...
The Bukele doctrine proved to be right in a long standing debate on how to resolve drug and gang issues.
Good on the Texas governor and the Texas National Army Guard. They need to defend our southern border even more.
Both sides have sought to weaponize this issue without attempting meaningful immigration reform for like decades
I am married to an immigrant who came here legally, illegal immigration drives her nuts, after all the work she did, trips to uscis offices to prove we are actually married, and all this after we had met while she was here on a visa AND WENT HOME BECAUSE HER VISA EXPIRED! But that being said, I am friends with a number of good Americans, who immigrated illegally or overstayed visas, but then went the legal route and became extremely productive citizens. If anything, this has made me think we need to make it MUCH HARDER to come here illegally, but at the same time, we should make it MUCH MUCH EASIER to immigrate legally, so we at least can know who is here. A simple vetting(I know that can be difficult) or a follow system that can track these individuals and assess if they are becoming productive members of society, or if they are criminals and TikTokers, in which case they should be launched into the sun.
Guess what. Democrats have been trying to pass immigration reform ALONG WITH increased border protection for decades now. Can you guess why it hasnt happened? Ill make it easy. The republicans arent negotiating in good faith, and really havent been since the clinton administration. From what i see of the political history on the subject, Democrats are all for a cracked down border, but in exchange they want a lot of the red tape cut, which is what you described. Even recently, the republicans denied another border bill just because trump said no. The party is full of clowns.
Based Texas
I appreciate Cappy trying to get information out there on these topics without taking a side. I always heard people say, “just immigrate legally” but never looked into what that process entails. After an hour of research it’s still very vague but it will likely take the adult child of a US citizen who lives in Mexico 20+ years and $6-8,000 to get a green card. I’d say for the people who feel they have to migrate to the US, justified or not, that is in no way an option.
I was not aware that the United States somehow owes them some sort of right to come here by whatever means they can. Most countries are a giant pain in the ass to legally immigrate to, for a reason. You are not entitled to break the law just because "Well following it is too hard."
I feel the need to have $2000 dollars right now but earning it is too hard, I guess I'll just go rob a store instead. I'm entitled to that money.
lol my moms husband is a migrant and certainly didnt take 20 years to get his green card. And no, they married after he became a citizen. He has his little american flag badge and all that. However, helping them through the process definitely showed me they need to lower the red tape, which...ironically...was all placed there by republicans to begin with lol.
Now they pay the 6-8k to the cartel rather than the gov to get here
when are we gonna learn it's not about "migrants" it's about brown folk coming in (to many Republicans) @@dogsbecute
8 USC 1325 - Illegal Entry Into the US - Federal Felony.
All the gators captured in Florida should be transported to the Rio Grande. Just a thought.
Also, my mother's side of the family are first generation immigrants who left the war-torn middle east, but with proper visas, and ultimately, became citizens. One 1st cousin is an Internal Medicine specialist with the VAMC in SF, CA. Dad's side is mixed Scandinavian and Argentine. So, we're all a mix.
-Point is, they all came into the country in the country legally. My mother has been a citizen for over 50 yrs.
-Many of my nuclear and extended family assisted with Allied, and in several subsequent events, Coalition forces, and ultimately, came over here.
My point - There's a legal way to immigrate, and there's an illegal way.
That is all. Carry on.
The right that should have happened was enforce immigration laws already on the books and keep the policies from the past administration to prevent this problem and finish building the border wall. Another way is to see what can be done diplomatically to the nations where these immigrants are coming from.
If people are starving in these countries, the U.S. could send food. It would save the migrants a long and dangerous walk. Also, doesn't the U.S. import a lot of food from these countries?
I used to be a TX Trooper and national guard, this is crazy
Replace Texas with DC, still 50 states, problem solved.
Most of us are the children of immigrants. Very few Americans can say they are Native to this land. However, we have been a sovereign Nation since 1776. You can't be a nation without a border. It really is that simple. Causes don't matter. Stop illegal border crossing. We still have people coming to this nation legally. I am trying to understand how this present administration can even stomach their rhetoric regarding allowing illegal immigration. They didn't encourage or help the Afghani people to come here when we ran away from their nation and left them to die at the hands of the So why is this administration so hot to allow the military aged males of the south take up residence in our country? You point out that you know people in NY...I have family and friends in Texas. (I am a life member of the Texas National Guard and was Active Hooah! Brother I understand). Friends of the family are LEO and CBP in Texas and here in Washington State. This whole situation is nuts. I minored in Latin American history. My wife helped train teachers in Honduras for 9 months. We have to stop the illegal immigration because in the long run it will impact crime and corruption in the United States. We have to hold the line. Then and only then do we offer help to the people south of the border. Corruption (la mordida) is at the heart of the problem. From the lowest levels to the highest status and political levels. It will infect our system if it is not stopped. There are people here that are benefiting from this illegal upsurge in immigration. If there wasn't there would be no illegal immigration. We have to clean up our backyard before we can truly be of help to anyone else.
Doing a Great Job !!!!!
This isnt the US's fault why are we unique in having borders open for immigrants? other countries dont. why are we special? because we have more? not for long. this is a voting scheme and thats what makes the most sense to me.
The admin wants people crossing but they don't want it to shut down trade at the ports. Letting em swim is the cheapest way for them to have their cake and eat it too.
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election.
I’m with Texas on this one. Immigration has gone completely out of control and it clearly started when the Biden administration took office. Both Obama and Trump were able to control the border categorically better than this.
I also expect people to obey our laws and immigrate legally, the asylum claim has become a way to get around that. People coming from all around the world, not just Mexico to claim asylum, not nearby countries but to the US.
Exactly. And asylum claims must be made in the first country asylum seekers enter, not the 2nd, 3rd, or 8th, as the US often is. Asylum is just the phony excuse they give, which the open borders activists tell them to say. US law says asylum seekers must be detained until their hearings, but Biden is intentionally breaking that law, too.
I disagree with calling the National Guard a “backdoor draft.” I wasn’t drafted into the Guard, and wasn’t surprised that I would get deployed. When I joined, I figured we’d be fighting the USSR.
I was referring to the fact that the national guard was deployed constantly during GWOT in ways they weren’t originally meant for. It made them a real combat force , i think in hindsight it’s a good thing the guard was transformed . At one point the national guard infantry was deploying for 12months then home for 12 months , they were doing multiple deployments . Without that transformation they would have needed a draft.
@@TaskPurpose1stSquadGot it. Thanks.
Of course some of them are really fleeing.
But a refugee stops at the first safe position.
And there's massive amounts of welfare in the US.
How about that is removed, it would greatly change who tries to come.
If they want Shelby park, they can come and take it.
It’s also probably a mix of both violence and economic opportunity. 60 minutes also did a story on the influx of Chinese migrants who’ve fled their country to America where their education and skills will be better compensated especially given the thousands of people who handed over their life savings in China for a house that was never constructed or it fell apart. But in terms of central/South American migrants it’s gotta be over all the violence, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico, and Chile and others countries have lived under intense gang and cartel violence for decades the cartels are even starting to to carry out drone attacks in the rural areas of Mexico. It’s a multifaceted problem with no easy solution. In a perfect world I think it would be great to take in these new migrants and help them make a better life but factors such a the fentanyl crisis complicates that idea, and further more, we should ask ourselves is taking in these migrants the responsibility thing to do if we don’t have the housing or resources to help them? Because shoving them out into the streets in tents likely isn’t any better than the living situations they fled from. I would like the think I’m pro migrant but as more issues pile up I don’t know if we should accept them at this point
The US was built by migrants, economic or otherwise. Regardless, due to the practical constraints of social and economic integration migration must be a controlled process
As to the reasons for the surge, its complicated. The cartels are a huge factor for people leaving, but we can't ignore that many of these countries are in economic recession. People can't work and that is fueling crime, and both these factors are spurring migration- its a tale as old as time.
Just like you my family migrated here as well and I’m sure just like yours my family did it legally.
Great video that clearly is trying to be fair.
0:23 Yessir, Killer; Not long after i made the decision to get back into uniform (in the MD ARNG, instead of going back into the Corps) , the 29th ID responded to W's call for help at the border. I volunteered.
It was...Interesting.
Great living quarters, though, when we weren't in the field...The hotel where we were based was a Five-Diamond resort...as in, not maxed out at Five STARS, but maxed out the whole next level or two...the Diamond scale...higher...lolol...For real.
For about a week or so of the time we were staying at the resort, the resort was also hosting the Mrs. America pageant...lol
Yeah, that was cool...
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While I too have immigrant ancestors and I do think some people should be able to immigrate to the US, however times change, as well as our country and our systems are not able to handle the influx of people coming into the country! The way our government and institutions work are by its citizens paying into the system, which is how everything functions (which hasn't been great lately anyway), but when you add to many extra people into the system to fast, it will collapse and we are a lot closer to that than some Americans think or want to admit! I think what is happening in Texas should be a wakeup call for Americans, its crunch time and the time to act is now, it's either you, your family, your friends and country or keep letting migrants into the country until it's too late! Remember, math never lies, and we are currently losing to that equation, we have to stop adding to balance scales!
there is a ton of space in Kansas. we should build a city in the middle of nowhere with basic capabilities and transport for said city. we have hundreds of dying towns all over the country that could benefit from an influx of good hard working people. god knows most Americans don't want to work. as a country we can solve this issue. just get ahold of me and I'll fix it.
It seems to me that the Federal Government set the migration policy based off of ideology and because they didn't have to deal with the consequences of uncontrollable immigration. That's why I think it was such a brilliant idea for AZ and TX to send Democrat cities migrants because it's what they asked for and caused. BUT, if a state government can flat out be insubordinate and defy federal authority, that sets a horrible precedent and can lead to some catastrophic consequences in the future. Also, if it wasn't such a ridiculously difficult and lengthy process to migrate legally, a lot more people would probably immigrate the right way
A country is like a club where the members get to vote on the rules. Each member gets a vote and members get to review prospective new members and have a say on inviting them in or not. Problems occur when people join the club who want significantly different rules than you do. It's a terrible feeling to realize there aren't any other clubs that have the rules you like, and your club is now filling up with people who strongly want different rules than you do, and the people in charge of membership are inviting them in without the mandated review process. You suddenly realize that your club leadership wanted to change the rules all along and is using these new members to do it in a way that lets them escape responsibility for the changes.
Change this analogy to reality, the place where you live and own a home, and it isn't just an annoyance, it's an existential attack with a corresponding existential panic. Ponder how that must feel for a few minutes. You are cornered and being threatened with being dominated and forced to accept changes that alter your entire existence without your consent. That's not democracy, that's rape.
The only "club" around here is the club of ignorance youre wielding just to say you dont like immigrants.
Hi Cappy, I know you're trying to remain unbiased and empathetic to migrants, but you need to make a distinction between migration and immigration. These people do not care about respecting the process, and it hurts people who are trying to immigrate legally. My wife is an immigrant, and even we had a difficult time of the process... and marrying an American is supposedly the easiest path to citizenship!
“Back door draft” stupid statement
There are people coming here to make a buck, but although they are coming through Mexico, they are coming from elsewhere, mostly parts of Africa, Mainland China(!) or even the Middle East. There are plenty of people fleeing gang violence or bad government from elsewhere in the Americas, too.
Never underestimate biden s ability to......
.... foul things up.
He said back door draft.
And do the math - 4 million people applying for governmental assistance? that's a LOT of money
A friend of mine is connected to the border crisis. Told me stories of people using kids as bridges to walk across the razor wire, and us reporters handing suitcases to migrants...who then stuffed kids iinto them and tried floating them across the river.
We should have built up defenses along the entire border back when Poncho Villa was raiding US towns
Edit, because that was the first I've heard that it was only 100,000 bused. Just 100k got bused, and it crushed all those mega cities, those urban hellscapes loaded with collectivism and leftism? That's astounding. The entire design and culture of those areas is to keep packing more people into smaller spaces. And 100k out of 4mil breaks them? How the hell is rural Texas supposed to handle it then?
Also, the billions of dollars worth of illegal marajana grow sites in Maine alone, run by illegal imigrants and people trafficked by the ccp indictates that they aren't coming here for acceptable reasons
using kids as Bridges over barbed wire? dude c'mon. thats str8 propaganda. i live by the border and this whole thing is over blown, just say you dont want more brown people who dont speak english here. you're probably the same type to think diversity bad
not just that but the fact you think drugs will stop coming if we add razor wire every where is just stupid. also guess who put up that barbed wire 🤣🤣🤣. our govt is powerful enough to solve all the problems we face and then some in humane and effective ways. yet poeple like you blame poor migrants for many of the problems they face instead of focusing on this broken ass system we're all forced to take part in.
Your trying to defend illegal immigrants without your fans turning on you for it
He's a j. E. ..w what do u expect ?
Well first off if the CIA doesn’t have the networks of South America recorded by now they are a waste of space as an agency, and their tendency to overstep the bounds of acceptable measures makes them a gross negative effect for the US.
Assuming we have been doing our jobs over the last 30-50 years we should have loads of information on any possible parties. Again assuming this information is accurate and will hold up in national court it’s time we resume our doorkicking initiatives. This time closer to home. Small 15-30 man Special Ops teams with air support on stand by for all missions.
Let’s get this done and develop our neighbors close to home. We’ve given the rest of the world the helping hand in the past, and it is long over due that we bring American aid to the victims throughout ALL of South America. We ought to have teams in place to prevent all border crossings South before operations are initiated.
First think pests do when you stir their nests is they build new one. Start in Ecuador secure the Canal (it needs improvements while we’re there), and be ready to slap Venezuela if they get lippy about American interventionism. Remember that China has bases in Chile now so if anything pops off near Taiwan we should expect Texas will be their prime source of invasion as it has throughout the centuries before. Likely will find aramaments coming from Chile or their Naval Carriers/ Russian Subs.
@TaskPurpose1stSquad, what do you think?
Wow 😳
Chappy you focused on one Mexican family when in reality the Mexicans are in the slimmest minority of people crossing with as usual the largest being from Central America and Venezuela . But we are seeing them coming from Haiti , Africa and now Chinese coming into Calif . If you want to have open arms to anyone that wants in then tell me just how much more in taxes are you willing to pay ?
And I live in Houston , TX which has a large illegal population and there is a housing shortage causing rent & home prices to soar and they are continually asking for more schools that need to be built and increase in school taxes . And the city and county are having millions of tax dollars going for programs for housing and other social programs and even to fund attorneys for illegals facing deportation all the while the streets are crumbling , the water system is old and needs updating and there is not enough police or fire personnel to handle the calls , but the needs of these illegals are required .
Migrant at eagle pass is illegal
(Sigh)... It all comes down to China.
I know you are trying your best to be as non bias as possible, but we all know what's causing the mass migration. They were invited. Great video bro. No hate whatsoever 🤘🏽👍🏽
Acting against the migrants is treating the symptom not the cause.
Ok so let’s just let them all in
You gotta get uBlock bro
Franco did good for Spain after war.
No miscommunication. #closetheborder
trump is blockign a boarder security bill that will give biden the authority to turn away people from the boarder. somethign he says he will do say one if passed, yet trump is telling republicans to vote against it as he wants to run on it next election.
An observation from an Aussie you guys are in a civil war look at the rhetoric before the first one which was economically based not to free the slaves
The economy being slave-dependent...
@@Ilamarea the northern states were industrialised the southern states were agriculture based but were starting to industrialise so would have undercut the northern factory's because of slave labour ....early american history is based on expansion. After ww2 you had industrialised expansion because you were the only country still standing, you have had an economic advantage because you dollar has been the global trading currency...that is coming to an end because of multiple factors .America is like the aunty with ten credit cards you are living beyond your means and eventually that will catch up with you..I am not anti american I think you have a lot to give humanity in your constitution and freedoms but your economic situation is changing and I think that you will be hurt ...thank you
@CL-ie5fz my country has many problems one of which is a socialist system which is economically unsustainable..I like America and your constitution and freedoms but as a nation you are becoming polarised and that is never good..thank you
@@robertsimpson6324 I'm not American. Thing is, US is doing better than the rest of the world and is dominant by a large margin in tech and AI which will drive the next revolution. They've got their own oil and some of the most productive farmland on the planet. Their only two problems are total idiots getting to vote and increasing inequality. The latter is also not a problem unique to the US and solving it is not in their interest as a state.
Things are shaky right now, but the worst case scenario pales in comparison to the inevitable extinction of humanity at the hands of AI.
Nah , it’s not really anywhere near close to a civil war yet , at least not this issue. I’ll wait till the election for civil war time of year 🎉
I know the reason for this. High inflation because of covid money printing, as well as Ukraine Russia conflict+sanctions. The consumer mindset sees the growing prices and tries to buy everything as soon as possible aka cheaper, this causes a tight labor market as companies try to produce all these goods and services. The government raises interest rates to crush demand and increase unemployment. So the part we are seeing is the demand for workers. So US business owners want to get this cheap labor from Mexico so they can run their factories without paying higher wages and increasing prices. This is called the wage-price spiral, but business owners just see the tight labor market and look for cheaper workers
@ArchesBro There's also a labor shortage that is due to structural mismatch where there's an oversupply of college graduates who don't want to do skilled labor in spite of skilled labor demand with matching high salaries (they really absolutely don't want to because of the subconscious constraint of doing something explicitly related to one's degree) and illegal immigration is only partly meeting skilled labor, while mostly African Americans with American parents doing unskilled labor are now consistently outcompeted by willing illegal migrants.
Also factories don't pay low wages, manufacturing consistently pays higher wages than services and agriculture except skilled laborers in agriculture and services.
Speaking of skilled laborers and professionals, there is a high supply of wannabe legal migrants who qualify for these but legal immigration is difficult for them.
The market is distorted so much by government policies such as tuition loans, loose illegal immigration with very strict legal migration, unconstrained spending with very low interest rates for decades, and so on.
@@tinyleopard6741 I mostly agree with what you are saying, definitely not important to point out skilled labor by race lol, we arent politicians. As far as factories, it really depends on what type of factory we are talking about, for example meat packing, chicken factory, simple manufactured goods like clothing, extruded plastics are not very high paying or skilled, but I guess that's all relative. Yes, the government has distorted the market to extreme levels in ways most people can't understand. The real tragedy is that high levels of immigrant cheap labor debases the native working-class population, and their assets over time decline relative to the wealthy who own the factories that swell with profits from the cheaper labor. This relationship causes people to hoard money and have fewer kids or just get crushed financially over time. Its fucked up
If you want to understand the problem, look at who benefits from it and stop with silly notions that it's an accident or somehow unintentional.
Well. First off. You have got to open your brain all the way up. This is a global operation. Federal governments vs the individual countries. The government is one body and the people who are governed is another. This I happening everywhere. Down to america level, its united states vs federal government. It's that simple. A cold war for now. Could get hot at anytime. Another way to look at it I world collapse. World powers are collapsing. To really get it, you have to be able to take in uncomprehinsible amounts of data all at once and process it all. Ive put it into its simplest form here. There are many problems. All getting solved. One way or another.
Based granny
The amount of people that have illegally crossed is devastating to our economy. These people are now walking our streets doing whatever they want and getting away with it. They are just depleting "funds" that came from our taxes that should be getting used to fix our economy. It's sickening for us all. They will be walking our streets for years with no records on who they are. They won't be putting anything back into our economy.
THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN, REBEL YELL!
Ah your from New York it all suddenly makes sense.
It'll be over in November when ol' Cornstarch-SugarPop transitions shelters 😅
On one hand, I don't like what Texas is doing. On the other, if the Feds win, then states that are doing the right thing will automatically lose in the event that the wrong party is in the white house.
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its the fault of the US doing drugs. best way toi fix it. make drugs legal they wont make mney. thn tax it like hell. use that money to help this people.
My father in law is a Mexican immigrant but he had to do it the right way which took 14 years. Guess what that’s the right way to do it. No short cuts
The issue isn't migrants coming here. The issue is them trying to sneak in rather then going through the actual process of coming here at ports of entry and either going through the process to get visas, permanent residence, citizenship or refuge status. There is a entire process already build in ans everyone going around that is spitting in the face of those who went through the entire process legally.
Asylum is the legal process.
As someone working at a migrant shelter in New York I can confidently say the majority of people at this particular camp are coming from Africa. A very fair number of South Americans are here but it’s definitely predominantly Africans. On the note of South Americans whether people are here fleeing from cartels or desperate for work they’re going to need work and we need them. Our birthrate is not going to keep up with demand but it feels like installing a sink without the drain with how long it takes to get these people able to work legally. It blows my mind that special expedited measures haven’t even been discussed (far as I know) to ease to burden on the community. Imagine if we could get these people to pay taxes and support themselves!