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Nov. 26, 2018 - Tim Pool Daily Show
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They're LYING, Migrants Storming Border Are NOT Asylum Seekers

They're LYING, Migrants Storming The US Border Are NOT Asylum Seekers. These people broke off from those actually being granted shelter and aid in an effort to illegally enter the US. They refused asylum and refugee status in mexico, they refused job offers Mexico.Yet still we see people on the far left and even politicians lying by trying to claim this group is refugees and asylum seekers when they are actually economic migrants.Trump has characterized this as an invasion and many disagreed but with the group rushing the border, some waving the Mexican flag and throwing stones at law enforcement, it is becoming hard to argue against him. Support the show (http://timcast.com/donate) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yesterday we saw hundreds of migrants from the caravan attempt to storm the U.S.
border to enter the U.S.
illegally.
They began throwing rocks and bottles at Border Patrol who responded by firing tear gas.
In response to these photos and videos, people on the left and some politicians started claiming these were asylum seekers, these were refugees seeking help, and we were firing tear gas at them.
But this is a lie.
These people are not asylum seekers.
They are not refugees.
They are not fleeing violence, for the most part.
Mexico offered asylum to many of the people in the caravan.
Some of them applied.
They set up a job fair.
Many people took the offers.
Those that were actually seeking help and aid took the offer.
In several interviews, we learned some of these people are simply economic migrants who have no intention of applying for asylum.
We heard from the media and the left a month ago that they wouldn't rush the border, that they were seeking asylum.
And now exactly what DHS said was going to happen has happened, and they rushed the U.S.
border.
We're now learning that Mexico intends to deport those who attempted to rush the border and enter the U.S.
illegally.
Why the left, activists on the left, not the entirety of the left, and why politicians are lying about it, I can only assume it's an attempt to manipulate people to gain some kind of political power.
So today, let's break down all of the lies and propaganda about what is actually going on and figure out who these people actually are.
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From the New York Post, U.S.
agents fired tear gas at migrants in start of border clashes with Mexico.
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Border Patrol agents fired tear gas to repel rock-throwing migrants who tried to storm through a border fence separating California and Mexico on Sunday.
Some of the migrants, part of the caravan that traveled to the border from Central America, threw projectiles at border agents as they approached the fence, officials said.
Video appeared to show rocks being thrown.
U.S.
Customs and Border Protection later tweeted that several agents were struck and tear gas was used to dispel the group because of the risk to agents' safety.
Children in the group were screaming and coughing amid the chaos, which a witness said erupted when some migrants cut a hole in concertina wire on the Mexican side of a levee.
Notice the headline.
US agents fire tear gas at migrants.
Not asylum seekers.
Not refugees.
Migrants.
If you do a Google search on this story, you will see that almost every single news outlet has labeled these people migrants, not asylum seekers.
We can see CNN, migrants, NBC News, migrants, BBC, migrant caravan.
From CNN, Mexico says migrants who tried to rush the U.S.
border will be deported.
About 500 migrants on the Mexico side of the border overwhelmed police blockades near the San Ysidro port of entry on Sunday.
Two journalists in Tijuana told CNN that forced a temporary closure of the major border crossing into San Diego.
This is the photo that is going viral.
It is probably the most iconic photo of what happened yesterday.
It shows a woman carrying two children as they rush away from tear gas.
Tijuana police said they arrested 39 people in connection with the attempt to cross the border illegally.
Those identified as trying to rush the US border illegally will be processed for deportation in their home countries, Mexico's Interior Ministry said.
It seems there's widespread consensus across media That these are migrants, not asylum seekers, not refugees.
These are people who are trying to enter the U.S.
border illegally.
These are people who rejected asylum from Mexico, who rejected job offers in Mexico.
But that's not going to stop some writers from copying the rhetoric of some politicians.
Now, if I went through every single tweet from left-wing activists who were lying, we'd be here all day.
So I've just grabbed a couple to highlight the issue.
From Annalisa Morelli, she said, it's very important That when we report on the caravan, we, the news media, use the right words.
They are not migrants.
They are asylum seekers.
This is a lie.
People seeking asylum must fall into a specific category.
They are people who are persecuted by their government or people in their government based on race, religion, a specific group, etc.
She was quote-tweeting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who completely misrepresents what is going on, saying, Asking to be considered a refugee and applying for status isn't a crime.
It wasn't for Jewish families fleeing Germany.
It wasn't for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.
It wasn't for communities fleeing war-torn Syria.
And it isn't for those fleeing violence in Central America.
Except these people crossing the border are not asylum seekers.
And this is a complete misrepresentation of what is actually happening from left-wing journalists, activists, and politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
If we go back to CBS News' story, October 27th, migrant caravan members reject offer to stay in Mexico.
Quote, no, we're heading north.
These people were offered asylum in Mexico, and out of the 10,000 expected, at the time, we saw only 1,700 actually apply for asylum.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced what he called the You Are At Home Plan, offering shelter, medical attention, schooling, and jobs to Central Americans in Chiapas and Oaxaca states if they applied, calling it a first step toward permanent refugee status.
Authorities said more than 1,700 had already applied for refugee status.
But after one of the caravan's longest days of walking and hanging from passing trucks, the bulk of the migrants were boisterous Friday evening in their refusal to accept anything less than safe passage to the U.S.
border.
Thank you, they yelled as they voted to reject the offer in a show of hands in the town of Arriaga.
They then added, no, we're heading north.
About a month later, after they had refused refugee status in Mexico, we learned the migrant caravan was given more opportunities, options, as officials kick off a job fair in Tijuana, Mexico.
When you look at the mainstream reporting, even from CNN, and it says these are migrants attempting to storm the border, And then you see left-wing writers, you see activists and politicians calling them asylum seekers.
This is an attempt to manipulate, and it is a lie.
As I just showed you, a month ago, the group was offered refugee status, and they said no.
The group was offered jobs then, about a month later in Tijuana, and many of these people said no.
The group that stormed the border are not seeking asylum, they are not refugees, they refused refugee status, they refused jobs, and attempted to rush the border illegally.
And I'm not going to stop there because there's an honorable mention for those on the right who are pushing nonsense as well.
Former Border Patrol Deputy Chief defends using pepper spray.
You could put it on your nachos and eat it.
Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy asked Colburn, who is now president of the nonprofit Border Patrol Foundation, if such measures were necessary, prompting Colburn to call the contents of the pepper spray natural.
And a good way of deterring people without long-term harm.
And this is complete and utter nonsense.
Tear gas can kill you.
It displaces oxygen, and when you run through it, yes, I've been tear gassed many times, it's extremely painful, and you can actually asphyxiate.
You cannot put it on your nachos and eat it.
If you put a concentrated amount on your skin, your skin will blister and burn.
But whether or not the use of tear gas is warranted is entirely an opinion.
It's a crowd control agent.
It's used all the time.
It's used by police in the U.S.
You've got activists on the left saying, oh my god, Trump is gassing people, he's gassing civilians.
And they're comparing it to what Assad did in Syria, or what Assad allegedly did in Syria.
Not mentioning the fact that the U.S.
frequently uses tear gas on protesters, and it has used tear gas on the border before, while Obama was president.
This story from the San Diego Union-Tribune, Border Patrol, crowd confronts agents.
This is from 2013.
They say a group of about 100 people trying to illegally cross the border Sunday near the San Ysidro port of entry threw rocks and bottles at U.S.
Border Patrol agents, who responded by using pepper spray and other means to force the crowd back into Mexico, federal officials said.
This has happened before.
It is not new.
If you are critical of it now, you should have been critical of it then.
But I understand a lot of people were young back then.
The point is, This is not how America is becoming.
This is how America has always been.
Activists, journalists, and politicians on the left, who are defending this group, who tried to storm the U.S.
border, seem to be doing everything in their power to ensure the Democrats never win again.
Immigration has quickly become the number one issue for Americans.
And now you have people like Cortez defending this group when most Americans are actually concerned about what's going on.
When most reasonable people, including labor unions, know full well that you have to control illegal immigration because these people depress wages and hurt the working class.
But for some reason, Democrats are not speaking out and being strong on borders.
And this is going to be very bad for them in the future.
What frustrates me to no end is that these left-wing activists are making actual refugees and asylum seekers look bad.
Because those who actually need asylum, who are actually fleeing the violence, they applied.
They took the offer from Mexico because they need to be safe.
These people are seeking to exploit the migrant caravan situation, the refugee situation, so they can rush to the U.S.
border and enter without actually having to apply.
And people on the left who defend them as asylum seekers are actually causing damage to the system of asylum.
This is something I have seen many times.
When I was in Ferguson in 2014 during the riots, Several people who did not live in Ferguson were looting buildings.
People from that community linked arms to protect their stores, saying that the looters were destroying their community and they did not support them.
And what did the left say?
The left said that looting was an act of resistance, and they supported those who exploited this community.
There are people who actually need help, and they are not the ones rushing the border because they just want to come to the U.S.
illegally.
The ones who actually need help actually applied for asylum.
They took the offers for work because they were really fleeing violence.
And when you lump a group that would try to illegally storm a U.S.
border with those who are in real need, you are making them all look bad.
And you're making it harder for actual asylum seekers to get help because people won't trust them when you lie.
You can debate all day and night about the tear gas.
That's fine.
Some are saying it was overkill.
Some are saying that it was absolutely necessary.
But that's not the point I'm trying to make here.
I am just entirely sick of the lies.
I am sick of seeing these left-wing activists try to manipulate people, either just to gain followers, to get elected, or to make money.
It sickens me.
And don't get me wrong.
As I mentioned, I called out that Border Patrol agent claiming you can put pepper spray on your nachos.
You can't.
That's absurd.
But the left constantly does this.
They are lying about what's going on, and I've seen it time and time again when I've gone on the ground at locations like this.
And it frustrates me.
To no end.
But let me know what you think in the comments below.
We'll keep the conversation going.
How do you feel about what's happening on the southern border?
How do you feel about the lies and the propaganda?
Let me know.
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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