Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour attempted to use the 4th of July holiday to denounce President Trump’s immigrant enforcement efforts and portray them as contrary to the spirit of America, with Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart going so far as to claim that his side represents the Statue of Liberty.
Host John Yang began, “We had a PBS News/NPR/Marist College poll out this week. And on this Fourth of July, it's sort of time to reflect on our nation and democracy. They asked Americans—about Americans' openness to people from around the world; 64 percent said it's essential to national identity; 35 percent says it risks the national identity.”
It’s a bad question. It says nothing about legal versus illegal immigration, nor does it define “people from around the world.” Are we talking about people fleeing dictatorships or people who want to “globalize the Intifada”?
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