Posted on 08/31/2018 6:46:09 PM PDT by Kaslin
Over the past couple of days, CNN and MSNBC have been freaking out over another Trump administration activity that was also done by Obama administration which the liberal media only just noticed because they've been so fixated on trying to find examples of President Donald Trump mistreating immigrants.
Even though both the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations sometimes denied passports to residents of southern Texas who were suspected of having fraudulent birth certificates that conceal they were actually born in Mexico, a number of liberal anchors have shown shock over questionable reports that such activity might have increased substantially under Trump.
Some reports have also suggested that, due to a settlement, such activity mostly ended early in the Obama administration, even though outfits like CNN.com, NPR, USA Today, and the San Francisco Chronicle have previously reported during the Obama administration that immigration attorneys were still complaining about such activity by the government.
CNN Fearmongers That Trump Denying Passports to Hispanics in Texas
As news of a Washington Post report on the subject -- based largely on claims by immigration attorneys -- broke Wednesday afternoon, CNN host Wolf Blitzer declared that there was "shocking new reporting that hundreds -- possibly thousands of American who are of Hispanic descent have now been denied trying to renew their U.S. passports with the State Department telling them their birth certificates are fraudulent."
Correspondent Sara Murray soon theorized that Trump administration members "don't really care how many American citizens they actually hurt if they feel like they have an opportunity to weed a couple of people who may have gotten their birth certificate illegally."
The next morning, during CNN's Early Start, co-host Dave Briggs suggested a link to President Trump's history of promoting birther conspiracy theories against President Obama, although it was also noted that the State Department claimed that it has not changed its policy. CNN political reporter Tal Kopan soon claimed that such activity had "decreased during the Obama administration" but that there were reports of it now increasing.
On Thursday, correspondent Nick Valencia appeared on several shows and reported that The Washington Post was claiming that there had been a "surge" in such activity under Trump, although he also read a statement from the Statement Department arguing that there had been no change in policy.
Even so, Valencia suggested that the questioning of birth certificates might be related to efforts by the Trump administration to push for "stricter voter ID laws," adding that "this would presumably impact many Latino voters" and a part of Texas that is "heavily Democratic."
On Thursday evening, Blitzer revisited the story and suggested that Hispanics generally have reason to worry about whether their birth certificates would be accepted as authentic. Speaking with Texas Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro, he posed: "They're now saying if you're Hispanic American, you live along the border, and you want to get your passport renewed, you're going to have trouble getting it renewed. What's your response because it's truly a shocking story?"
He soon reiterated that it is a "truly stunning and shocking story" and hyped that there was "more anxiety on the southern border" because of the issue.
MSNBC Fearmongers That Trump Denying Passports to Hispanics in Texas
On Friday morning, CNN's New Day began noticing the story, and Valencia made an appearance and read from new State Department criticism of the media claims and denial that there has been a change in policy.
On Thursday, a number of MSNBC shows kept up this charade, with Velshi and Ruhle, MTP Daily, and All In with Chris Hayes having the biggest freakouts. Ali Velshi tried to tie the policy to Trump's history of birtherism, and Chuck Todd fretted that Trump was trying to target Hispanics.
Chris Hayes was the first show to inform viewers of numbers released by the State Department -- also cited by Fox News -- showing the rate of denials of passports under the circumstances has been lower under Trump than under Obama, although he and immigration attorney Jennifer Correro fretted that State's numbers might be intentionally deceptive.
Correro also seemed to indicate that the only Texas residents affected by the issue are those whose birth certificates were linked to a particular list of midwives and doctors known to have a history of engaging in fraud, rather than all Hispanic residents.
Fake news?
No, bald faced lies. Color me surprised that the LSM would lie.....
Too bad it is fake news. It’d be nice to see the government deny passports and ID to Mexicans and instead send them packing back across the border. All of them.
Where is today’s blockbuster promised by the media?
Even the ones born in Texas?
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Were they really born there and of US citizen partners? Send the anchor babies home!
Not a coincidence that it’s coming up now.
This is all being orchestrated in concert with the Senate race in Texas.
Many Latinos think Trump hates them because of this biased so called "reporting", when the truth is, it's not personal, it's common sense. Mexico does not have open borders because that would collapse what's left of their country-Same as would eventually happen here, if we enacted such madness.
If journalism existed, someone should ask what happens to the foreign aid money that goes to Mexico and South American countries?
The cash is supposed to be used to improve conditions in these nations, so that their citizens don't become so desperate, that they try to sneak into a different country; right?
So why are millions of people fleeing their homelands to come here?
Never mind. Journalists don't exist. These questions will never be asked.
The MSM now returns to its regularly scheduled 24/7 Trump bashing.
bmp
Because if they were born in Texas, they are U.S. citizens.
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