Article #2: ‘Category 5’ Immigration Crisis

The second article I chose was “It’s a ‘Cat 5’ Immigration Crisis: Nielsen,” found on Fox News, which has conservative views. The work was done to inform the public on recent news regarding southern border control in the United States. This work was also done in an interview, but wasn’t a question and answer session, as well as recounting things that had been said previously. This article was created because there is a crisis at the southern border. The interview with Nielsen came after comments from ex-Obama administration officials publicly agreed with President Trump’s assessment that there is a crisis at the southern border. The work addresses President Trump’s actions in regard to the southern border crisis like threats to close the border and declaring a national emergency at the border in February. It also brings in research and facts that show there were 4,000 apprehensions in one day alone the prior week and more than 76,000 migrants detained in February alone. This is the highest number of migrants being detained in 12 years. The work also shows how Mark Morgan, who served as the head of Border Patrol in the Obama administration, is putting politics aside and agreeing there is a crisis at the border, as well as admitting the entire immigration system is overrun. The results of the work show that there is a crisis at the border and both political sides need to come together to develop a plan of action that both sides agree on to help combat the overrunning of the entire immigration system.