Debate

With the debate today, I heard from a lot of people and there were a lot of interesting points that made me realize a few things. There was something that Colin said, about finding a middle ground, and I've been thinking about that. It's such a difficult question to answer because there's no good compromise to make both sides happy. On one side, too many people were coming in illegally or undocumented. On the other, the process is too harsh and the wait is too long that people are resorting to coming in illegally anyway. The harsher process may have caused more harm than good. Like the podcast said, people are more violent and it wasn't like this a few years ago. I'm concerned that there is no true solution to the immigration issue. Also, America shouldn't be using Mexico to hold migrating people when there is no real deal with Mexico's government. It's hard to find good sources to verify things but one easy way to tell if something is biased is to look fro adjectives in the title. If you see the words "cruel" or "unfair" then the article may be making something seem worse then it really is. If you see the words "accommodating" the article could be making something seem nicer than it really is. You want to find an article with straight facts. The podcast was a little biased because it mainly focused on the cons of President Trump's immigration system in my opinion, but it stayed factual and mainly fair. I'm genuinely surprised that Caitlin didn't speak up more because I could tell she had a lot of things she wanted to say but maybe the classroom setting made it hard to be more aggressive with political beliefs. I spoke up when I felt there was something that I really wanted to add to the conversation but I could've had more things to say here and there. I don't completely agree with the old system and I definitely don't completely agree with the new system. I am somewhere in between agreeing with some things from both sides. Everything is cause and effect. The long and strenuous wait from the new system has caused peaceful protests to turn into riots. It's causing death and more pain than it should. These people are trying to enter America to be in a safe, free, and peaceful place not to just enter another war. A change needs to be made to keep things safe for the United States' citizens and the migrating people.