Posted on 08/03/2017 10:26:25 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
When President Trump’s policy adviser Stephen Miller stepped to the podium of the White House briefing room on Wednesday to defend a plan for reducing levels of legal immigration, Jim Acosta of CNN was aghast and let everyone know it.
Put aside that Acosta believed it was his role as a reporter to argue one side of a hot-button political issue (this is how journalism works in 2017). The exchange illustrated how advocates of high levels of immigration are often the ones who — despite their self-image as the rational bulwark against runaway populism — rely on an ignorant emotionalism to make their case.
At issue is the bill sponsored by Republican Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and David Perdue of Georgia to cut legal immigration by half. The legislation would scale back so-called chain migration — immigrants bringing relatives, who bring more relatives in turn — and institute a merit-based system for green cards based on the ability to speak English, educational attainment and job skills.
Offended by the idea of putting a priority on higher-skilled immigrants, Acosta wanted to know how such a policy would be consistent with the Statue of Liberty. When Miller pointed out that Lady Liberty was conceived as a symbol of . . . liberty and the famous Emma Lazarus poem added later, Acosta accused him of “national park revisionism” — even though Miller was correct.
That might seem pedantic, but the underlying debate is over the legitimacy of reducing levels of immigration and whether it is appropriate to craft a policy mindful, above anything else, of the national interest. Miller clearly has the best of this argument.
One, making 21st century policy in accord with late-19th century poetry makes no sense.
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Acosta is rude.
Translation: Reconquistador Jaime Acosta is panicked that the invasion of his amigos from the South will be finally curtailed.
And that means seedy third world thugs like himself won’t be able to simply invade and vote themselves into power over the gringos which is what they have almost achieved in 40 years of mass crimmivasion.
Ignorant CNN reporter Acosta doesn’t even realize what fool he makes of himself. He is the poster boy of FAKE NEWS and the rest of the self professed know-it-alls in the media.
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We ask, 'Why is that?"
Why not Spanish?
(A) Those folks normally crawl in by way of the south.
Why not Farsi?
(A) These folks seldom came this far from home. And if it had happened that they did, they would be brought in on our special elites' planes. BO'B was well known for putting out his red carpets to enable them to fly under the radar.
Case closed.
Jim Jim Jim Jim Jim Jim Jim
I still don’t understand how such stupid people can reach such high levels in the journalism field. It amazes me.
(I remember when Laura Ingraham mentioned “the Hartland of America” to one of them. She asked Laura, “What’s that?”)
And this doofus Acosta believes a dopey poem is part of the Constitution?
Hey Rich tell that braying jackass Podhoretz a few things will you? He compared his grandparents who were fleeing real terror and threats of murder from Hitler to the muslim animal shock troopers Obama brought in. Seems he can’t tell the difference. He’s on the next page from you just yell over.
Hey Rich tell that braying jackass Podhoretz a few things will you? He compared his grandparents who were fleeing real terror and threats of murder from Hitler to the muslim animal shock troopers Obama brought in. Seems he can’t tell the difference. He’s on the next page from you just yell over.
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