Half of the time I read something especially abhorrent on WikiLeaks, usually everybody in the political establishment is in on it. If the parties really opposed each other, there would be far more pushback from one party against the abuses of the other.

My problem with Jim Acosta, is his attitude and the way he composes himself. He views himself highly and thinks everyone else is below him. If he doesn't get his way, he throws an damn fit or gets aggressive with us. He thinks being aggressive and rude is something to be proud of. To me.... Jim Acosta is a embarrassment to the whole profession.

I don't have a problem with people pointing out there's a problem with the way news is funded. I do think though that gov sponsored media is worse.

is /pol/ a credible source for secondary thinking?

@beaker Why do you want to seek asylum in Mexico, a place that is still in the midst of a drug war with the cartels?

Beaker... they are economic migrants. They want to come here to United States because our economy is doing well. Not through legal means, but through illegal means.

they are also mostly single adult men of military age as well

how many members of foreign countries are there? Do they have guns?

@Ace K drug cartel problem is concentrated mostly in the north, from what i know

most of the mexico is fine :v

Are they a threat to us?

They want to come to the United States because they want gibs.

Being economic migrant doesn't grant you asylum, it means you are a illegitimate asylum seeker and you would be turned down.

@Ace K get real

True asylum seekers are those that are in immediate danger of death by government or gangs.

yea it's mostly along the boarder... because that's where the trafficking is

And no... starving isn't a immediate threat to your life.

mexico is still a shithole with corrupt government tho

Hell most of those people in the caravan is obesse.

We got plenty of such people walking around here, turned down asylum of my country because they want to get to the UK

the MSM invented a new term for thme as well

Asylum is for people like that Pakistani Christian charged with blasphemy who will certainly be executed in some manner.

"Transit migrants"

but you'd at least be there legally, i don't know what those people are thinking they're going to do when they get to the border

ok but a place being a shithole with a corrupt gov doesn't mean it's not a reasonably safe place, it's not like it's a war zone

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-states-warning-20180111-htmlstory.html

How are we not seeing more people from Venezuela? Wouldn't that be legit?

I hate how people try to exploit our kindness and good will.

ace so they don't go to those 5 states

Maybe it's not that easy to march across the Panama Canal.

unsafe for travel =/= you'll die if you stay there

Not really. The violence is all over, and the 5 most violent as mentioned in the LA times article are in Central Mexico

aslyum is for the white south african people being murdered and having their land stolen

In all honesty, we don't have to allow immigrants into our nation at all.

That is our right.

Yes, immigration is a privilege not a right.

you don't see a single migrant flooded nation besides australia welcoming those migrants at all

Exactly Devpav.

Jim Acosta is bad for all the reasons CNN is bad. Just ban them and literally give anyone else a chance. Not like CNN has a right to be there.

just get a different reporter from CNN

You do realize that basically not allowing immigrants (even legal) at all would cripple the US right?