The article I chose highlights the recent attempt of change in policy by the President on the amount of refugees allowed to enter the country by adjusting the cap to about 30,000, the lowest since the U.S.’s refugee program’s creation. The article states that the new policy is not to allow most refugees in to the United States, which is to be accomplished by cutting international humanitarian aid and cut back within the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. The new budget for this department would be slashed from 3 billion to 320 million dollars. Aid for hunger and natural disaster relief also were set to be cut back. This budget will not make it through Congress.
This article is from the Washington Post, and uses a great deal of emotional words. For example, just the title “Trump is turning his back on refugees — and America’s tradition of compassion” uses the imagery of turning refugees away in a violent manner, and suggests that Trump is as well throwing away the United States’ history of care for other countries. Throughout the article particular words are used to enhance the emotions being evoked by the reader. For example, instead of using the term “budget cut” to explain the de-funding to the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, the article explains that the plan will “squash the operations nearly to nothingness”. This is a much more emotionally involved statement that utilizes imagery and strong words to create sympathy for the de-funding. Overall, this article uses factual information about the happenings of the planned budget, but has an noticeably liberal bias in the language and explanation of the administration’s plan.
Article Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-turning-his-back-on-refugees–and-americas-tradition-of-compassion/2019/03/14/c2ae92e8-45d3-11e9-aaf8-4512a6fe3439_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c05b918ca0b9