Podcast about Changing Asylum Rules

In class we continued to listen to the podcast about asylum, Trump, and Obama. We left off talking about how the U.S. didn't accept people unless they benefited the U.S. For example, Haitians wanted to come to America for a better economic life, not to receive asylum, which wasn't enough for the U.S. to accept them. When we continued the podcast the lady was talking about how in 2003 or 2004 a girl came to the U.S. to seek asylum because she had been raped and beaten while she was pregnant, making her baby born with bruises. Domestic violence is common in other parts of the world and it wasn't apart of the list of things you could receive asylum for, so around the time Barack Obama was president, domestic violence was added to the ways you could receive asylum. This of course opens a gate for a bunch of other women who are being mistreated by men in other parts of the world to want to come to the U.S. for a better life. As with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that helps many people who are in poverty and have health issues, Obama also was looking to expand asylum because the United States is a big nation and can afford to help people in need. A lot of people who say Obamacare is not a good thing probably have no idea how many people it helps and also don't see the point in it because it isn't improving their lives. Unfortunately, less unfortunate people are a big part of our country and the world. President Trump is planning to shorten the reason why you can receive asylum and has already cut domestic and gang violence out of it. He also wants only 30 people to be able to apply each day and wait in Mexico instead of waiting in the United States. We are listening to the podcast so that we can be prepared to have a debate about it in class. While we are listening, we stop it and some people make comments. I don't make any comments or answer any questions because I am afraid I will become to angry. For example, we were asked if we agree with only 30 immigrants each day and I didn't say I don't agree even though I don't agree. I think there should be more because we are able to provide for more than 30 a day and not all 30 of those people are going to be allowed in the U.S. There might only be 10 of those people who get accepted. Like we have already discussed, our population is only growing because of immigration. Also, it is completely unfair to every women and every family suffering from domestic and gang violence to not be able to even have a chance of being free. I do respect other people's opinions and some of their points do make sense, so I will never say someone is completely wrong, but it frustrates me when people don't have any reason to their opinions and when they refuse to see or understand the other side of things. I wish I did feel comfortable to speak about my ideas, but I don't know many facts and I can't really blame people who don't see the other side because that is how they are being raised and they have never experienced anything other than that, so of course they are going to side with what benefits them or doesn't change their life, even if it means ruining many others lives.