Vox and the Washington Post: When the Truth Hurts, Change It!
By Matt O'Brien October 31, 2019 No Comments
Both the Washington Post andVox recently published articles attacking President Trump’s new “public charge†rule. The Post implies that the Trump administration is engaging in an, “an egregious attempt to supercede [sic] and overturn congressional will.†Vox makes the hyperbolic claim that “Trump quietly cut legal immigration by up to 65%.†In reality, neither of those claims is remotely true.
Let’s address the Post’s claims first: In 1996, Congress saw, “a compelling government interest to enact new rules for eligibility and sponsorship agreements in order to assure that aliens be self-reliant in accordance with national immigration policy.†In order to meet that need, it passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), which reformed our welfare policies, and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA), which reformed our immigration system.
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/10/31/public-charge-media-bias-immigrationreform-com/
