San Diego News Fix

Border Dispatch: Breaking Down Facts On The Border Wall

Episode Summary

In President Donald Trump’s public push for $5.7 billion to extend existing border fencing by 215 miles, he has painted a dire picture filled with deadly drugs, violent criminals and bloodshed. Meanwhile, congressional Democrats argue the border crisis Trump is referring to either doesn’t exist or was manufactured for political reasons. Besides, they contend, a wall wouldn’t solve many of the problems Trump has identified. It is a debate filled with facts — facts offered by each side that tend to support their own perspectives and agendas. The truth — as it often does — lies somewhere in between. It doesn’t help that immigration is an incredibly complex issue, one that Congress has struggled to agree on and failed to comprehensively reform for decades. Here is what the data, research and expert analysis show. --- Read the story: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-border-wall-primer-20190113-story.html

Episode Notes

In President Donald Trump’s public push for $5.7 billion to extend existing border fencing by 215 miles, he has painted a dire picture filled with deadly drugs, violent criminals and bloodshed.
Meanwhile, congressional Democrats argue the border crisis Trump is referring to either doesn’t exist or was manufactured for political reasons. Besides, they contend, a wall wouldn’t solve many of the problems Trump has identified.
It is a debate filled with facts — facts offered by each side that tend to support their own perspectives and agendas.
The truth — as it often does — lies somewhere in between.
It doesn’t help that immigration is an incredibly complex issue, one that Congress has struggled to agree on and failed to comprehensively reform for decades.
Here is what the data, research and expert analysis show.

Read the story: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/border-baja-california/sd-me-border-wall-primer-20190113-story.html