Finishing Podcast

Today we finished the podcast and I actually did some talking, which I usually don't. The end of the podcast was talking about asylum today and the difference between what Trump is doing about immigration and what used to be done. Before Trump was president, Barack Obama was and he worked to help people and grow asylum because that is the image the United States of America has given themselves. At the start the United States realized that we could help people in need because we have the space and the resources. Obama wanted to grow asylum because he cared about the people who were in need and realized that America is a place where these people can come to hopefully live a better life. But, even though we say America is great, the sad truth is it is only great for America. From the start of asylum, it was never really about actual helping people because we cared, it was all about how it would make us look compared to the rest of the world. President Trump wants to narrow asylum because he doesn't want any more immigrants. I do not like Trump and I don't support his ideas, but I do understand some of his points. For example, yes it is a safety issue to let some people into the United States and it is not okay for people to attack soldiers at the border. But it is also not okay to let people think that America is about freedom and making the right choices and then not give them what they need because they don't make us look better. Which is not true because the United States actually needs immigrants. They are a big part of our population and they do a lot of the heavy duty jobs that keep our country nice. I will never say someone's opinions are wrong IF they know what they are talking about. Most of people in my class only have an opinion because that is what they are being told to think and that opinion is what is benefiting them. Of course that makes sense, but it is when they don't bother to look at the other side of things and they start to become ignorant about other people's feelings and opinions. I don't have facts and I don't watch the news or know what is going on in the government and so when I raise my hand I am not going to state facts. When I raise my hand I am speaking of people's feelings and the rights they deserve as humans and the rights that America used to say that we will give them. Asylum started because we turned away people in need and we vowed to never turn away someone again. Yes, being hated for your sexuality is not the same as being hated for your race, but it does have the same outcome, which is dying or being put in danger. I just want people to understand that you can have your own opinions, but you have to let other people have theirs and it isn't fair to bash someone because of theirs especially if your opinion is based on absolutely nothing expect for what the majority of people believe. Immigration was never about race or sexuality or domestic violence. It is about how rich or poor you are and what you are going to do for the U.S.