Fox News anchor Sean Hannity grilled Univision's Jorge Ramos on Wednesday about the double standard applied to America when it comes to immigration, citing the tough laws of Mexico and other countries. Hannity exposed: "Let me throw up on the screen a couple of laws for you, okay? I'll throw up the Australian immigration law, which is no exceptions, no temporary, no permanent protection, visas granted to anybody who arrives in Australia by boat without a visa until further notice. That applies to families, children, unaccompanied children, educated, skilled. No exceptions."
He continued, "Then we'll go to Mexican immigration law. 'The federal executives shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner who's remaining that he may deem it expedient to abandon the national territory immediately without the necessity of a previous legal action.'"
Ramos conceded, "The way they treat people in Central America, It's awful how they treat Central Americans in Mexico." He added, "But this is an exceptional country, Sean. This is an immigrant country and we are supposed to treat people in a different way."
He then lectured, "Countries are judged not by the way they treat the rich people."
A partial transcript of the April 15 segment is below:
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HANNITY: Let me throw up on the screen a couple of laws for you, okay? I'll throw up the Australian immigration law, which is no exceptions, no temporary, no permanent protection, visas granted to anybody who arrives in Australia by boat without a visa until further notice. That applies to families, children, unaccompanied children, educated, skilled, no exceptions.
Then we'll go to Mexican immigration law. "The federal executives shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner who's remaining that he may deem it expedient to abandon the national territory immediately without the necessity of a previous legal action."
And then I want to put up side by side, if you look closely, Australia versus America. Australia, no way. If your family or friends get on a boat without a visa, they will not end up in Australia, which compared to American is written in Spanish -- I thought it would be easy for my son to get his papers in the north, blah, blah, blah.
Here's my question to you. If you go from Central America -- El Salvador, Nicaragua, you name the country -- you go to Mexico, you're either put in jail -- illegally, you enter that country -- or you are immediately deported. Why is there this expectation?
RAMOS: The way they treat people in Central America, It's awful how they treat Central Americans in Mexico...
HANNITY: But Americans --
RAMOS: But this is an exceptional country, Sean. This is an immigrant country and we are supposed to treat people in a different way.
HANNITY: Not an illegal immigrant country, though, Jorge. Not illegal –
RAMOS: It's really, human rights.
HANNITY: We believe -- yes, granted --
RAMOS: The truth is, Sean, what are you going to do with 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country? You are not going to deport them. And we've got to treat them fairly. I mean --
HANNITY: We are treating them fairly!
RAMOS: Countries are judged not by the way they treat the rich people. They are judged by --
HANNITY: Jorge --
RAMOS: -- the way they treat the most vulnerable. And here we have 11 million who are vulnerable, who are here because millions of Americans, including you and me, benefit from them, and thousands of companies give them work. So we got to do something with them, and we're not going to deport them.
