Zero Tolerance!
Over the last few weeks you might have encountered a plethora of articles, pertaining to Mr.Donald Trump’s ambitious zero tolerance approach towards undocumented migrants.Many children were forcibly estranged from their families and sent to detention centers. One cannot help, but feel sorrow after listening to an audio, purportedly of a wailing child in one of those centers, making rounds on the social media. Since then, there has been growing resentment among the people and many politicians in the US condemned this policy, calling it “cruel” and “horrendous”. So, what exactly is this policy? And why is Mr.Trump so dogmatic about it? Lets get a quick lowdown on it.
Immigration policy in US is not anew. It is put in place to curtail the undocumented immigrants, primarily from the porous Mexican border. While the former presidents Mr.Bush and Mr.Obama were lax about it, adopting a “catch and release” approach, the reigning president Mr.Trump is adopting a zero tolerance approach in order to put a full stop to this perennial problem. Putting aside emotions for a moment, one can understand why he is so stringent- there has been growing unemployment problem in US over last few years, and the uncontrolled entry of the immigrants has only deepened the crisis. The sparse security at the border could also facilitate the terrorists, a way into the US, thus posing a serious security threat. One who has been keenly following US politics is also well aware about Trump’s ambition to build a “Border Wall” which could cost trillions of dollars. So, by taking such a stance, he is not only trying to stifle further encroachment by immigrants but also trying to help raise the money for the wall. While it is saddening to watch children and toddlers undergo such an ordeal, invariably, stringent action must be taken against undocumented immigrants at some point of time. If not now, then when?
Immigration policy in US is not anew. It is put in place to curtail the undocumented immigrants, primarily from the porous Mexican border. While the former presidents Mr.Bush and Mr.Obama were lax about it, adopting a “catch and release” approach, the reigning president Mr.Trump is adopting a zero tolerance approach in order to put a full stop to this perennial problem. Putting aside emotions for a moment, one can understand why he is so stringent- there has been growing unemployment problem in US over last few years, and the uncontrolled entry of the immigrants has only deepened the crisis. The sparse security at the border could also facilitate the terrorists, a way into the US, thus posing a serious security threat. One who has been keenly following US politics is also well aware about Trump’s ambition to build a “Border Wall” which could cost trillions of dollars. So, by taking such a stance, he is not only trying to stifle further encroachment by immigrants but also trying to help raise the money for the wall. While it is saddening to watch children and toddlers undergo such an ordeal, invariably, stringent action must be taken against undocumented immigrants at some point of time. If not now, then when?
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