“No one is looking at us or the extent of this disaster or the crimes that we are experiencing in Gaza,” he said. Still holding his microphone, he slid off his flak jacket marked with the word PRESS and unstrapped his helmet.

“These protection jackets and helmets don’t protect us,” he said, flinging the equipment to the ground. “Nothing protects journalists. … We lose our lives for no reason.”

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Why would you let people who may or may not be criminals / terrorists into your country ? What do you think this is the usa southern border ?

Would you let random people come flooding into your house ?

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*Racist bigot has entered the chat

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Great way to announce yourself

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The US southern border is so scary. Migrant workers enter the US every day, it’s terrible. These people are going to ruin America by looking for better lives for themselves and their families. /s

I’ve lived very close to the US/Mexico border most of my life. There aren’t any criminals and terrorists coming to live here. It’s all just people looking for better lives. The criminals smuggle drugs and people over, but they don’t move over here too often, and even if they do, it’s just to sell drugs. There are no terrorists amongst them, idk where you got that idea.

Don’t fall for right wing propaganda about the US/Mexico border.

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Drugs and slaves also come over the boarder because ots open and anyone can cross.

You say there are no criminals or terrorists bit you are factually wrong.

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/measuring-drug-seizures-southern-border-how-reuters-analyzed-data-2023-08-09/

The data encompasses seizures at southern border ports of entry, where most illicit drugs consumed in the United States, including fentanyl, are currently smuggled>

Guess Reuters is lying.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/investigations/2021/07/01/mexican-cartels-fuel-immigration-crisis-at-us-border/5290082001/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/us/texas-shooting-suspect-manhunt.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/us/deportation-pennsylvania-fugitive-danelo-cavalcante.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/nyregion/92-year-old-woman-queens-murder.html

Stop with your fantasy and face reality.

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The criminals smuggle drugs and people over.

I literally said that there are criminals. The criminals move back and forth, though. They dont typically stay here in one place for too long. Not terrorists, though. At least not often enough that terrorists should be plural.

The border isn’t open, where are you getting that idea? They use tunnels and cross occasionally patrolled territory to get across. The border is just so big and desolate that there won’t be enough manpower to guard it all, and there is so much money in the drug trade that there will always be incentive for them to figure out a way to get across. The cartels even have submarines and drones.

If we want to stop the drug smuggling and criminals from coming over, we should make a safer and regulated drug market up here and take away their incentive.

I’m just letting you know as someone who has lived in border towns, the vast majority of people coming over just want to have better lives for them and their families. Nobody is terrorized down there. Sure, heinous stuff happens that involves criminal illegal immigrants, occasionally. We have criminals who commit heinous stuff that were born here, too.

It’s not a huge problem like you are making it out to be.

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