“Trump threatens to close border ‘next week’ if Mexico doesn’t ‘immediately stop’ flood of illegal immigrants”

Fox News published an article which stated that President Trump threatened to close the Southern border if Mexico did not immediately stop the surge of illegal immigrants coming into the United States. Numbers are included in the article which explains that more than 76,000 immigrants were detained, and 136,000 migrants with their children crossed illegally within the first four months of the year. The president issued his first veto on a Democrat-backed measure to cancel his national emergency, but House Democrats failed to override the veto. The article concludes with Trump’s plans to shift $3.6 billion from military construction projects to work on border barriers.

Fox News is well known to shift in favor of the far right to create a political bias. This article solely focuses on Trump and his thoughts about the Southern Border. It does not describe how Democrat’s feel about immigration or how they would like to deal with migrants attempting to come into the country. It just only briefly mentions that Democrats attempted to override the President’s veto. Fox News is attempting to manipulate the text in favor of President Trump by not addressing all the sides involved in the issue. Readers are only aware of how Trump feels about the Southern Border and the numbers of people who are apprehended at the border. It does not explain why these people are trying to come into the country but paints them as bad guys attempting to break the law by entering illegally.

Singman, Brooke. “Trump Threatens to Close Border ‘next Week’ If Mexico Doesn’t ‘Immediately Stop’ Flood of Illegal Immigrants.” Fox News, FOX News Network, 29 Mar. 2019, www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-threatens-to-close-southern-border-next-week-if-mexico-doesnt-immediately-stop-illegal-immigrants-from-trying-to-cross-into-us.