Class Discussion on Migration Asylum

           The class discussion that we had today was probably my favorite thing we've have done all year because it spiked so many interesting topics. Everyone had a different opinion on which asylum was "correct", which changes were good and which were bad and just the general idea of asylum. With this being said one of the biggest things I learned was that the exact characteristics of asylum was. The characteristics associated with this include, race, religion, nationality, political beliefs and social groups. This means that in order to seek asylum, you have to be suffering from one of these things. Eventually Obama added domestic violence to the characteristics. To build off of this, I found out that in the podcast what metering is and this goes hand in hand with asylum. Metering (as stated in the podcast) is the limiting of people that can apply for asylum and it is currently around 30 people a day. I honestly find it so sad that we are choosing to turn down people who are trying to escape horrible events that just drag them down. We are such a powerhouse of country so we should have enough courage and leadership to be able to try and tech countries that singling out people is not a way to run a country or treat your people. The biggest thing that I learned but cannot understand is that the immigrants either get detained or they'll be allowed through but they will be released with bond or released with an ankle bracelet. I really just cannot wrap my head around how that is fair. When you see someone with an ankle band on, you think they're some sort of criminal and that does not make any employer want to hire them. This is exactly why in our country we constantly put labels on people and have stereotypes because our very own government is encouraging it. It's so hard to understand how our president thinks because his only mindset it seems is to only focus on America and not anything else. Yes, this country should be his pain priority but it is very inappropriate to just turn a blind eye towards the people pleading to get inside for the better of their own life.

           All of these facts were mentioned one way or another in our discussion today which went pretty smoothly given our class can be a crazy bunch. Out of everyone in the class I personally thought that Colin brought really good points to the conversation that made everyone think and rethink. One thing that Colin mentioned is how we really cannot come to any true conclusion because with every news source will take the events and twist them to their own story. If we base our final opinion off of what the news says, we're choosing one opinion over another. Colin never really showed which "side" of the conversation he was on but everything he mentioned led the conversation in a very interesting way. Most people in the class added very good points and I was very impressed. There was one person in the class (who I actually will not name) who's viewpoint I completely disagreed with and I could not see any of the points he made. He kept saying things about how what Trump is doing is completely correct and that when they throw rocks, the military should be able to shoot them with a rifle. This is not any way to handle human beings. The odds of a rock killing you is much smaller much smaller then the odds of a rifle killing you.

          All of the things we've learned today and all of the information shared in the discussion is helping me to answer our key issue of "Why do people migrate?". This question is clearly answered by the qualifications for asylum. Some people choose to migrate due to race, nationality, religion, political beliefs, social groups or domestic violence. There are also other reasons such as economic events that would encourage someone to migrate. The general idea of asylum would encourage someone to migrate because of the hopes of escaping the hardships within their own country.