It’s almost incomprehensible to see now, as ICE is empowered to do their jobs and remove illegal aliens from the United States, but there was once a time where the border was wide open and thousands flowed freely into the country. And we remember that there were media institutions openly cheering this invasion.
Watch as Univision squealed with delight at the Biden Administration’s grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to over 470,000 migrants from Venezuela, as aired on Edicion Digital on September 21st, 2023:
BORJA VOCES: Let's start, truth be told, in the best way- the best way you can start today’s newscast. With excellent news, in this case, for thousands of Venezuelans. The Biden administration has expanded the TPS program for those who arrived in the country before July 31st of this year, and now they will even be eligible to obtain a work permit. But- who benefits and what should they do? I’ll explain it to you.
Well, this rule is approved from September 20th to March 3rd of 2025. And listen to this because we love it: it will benefit over 470,000 Venezuelans. They must prove that they have Venezuelan nationality or that they lived habitually in that country before entering here- into the United States. The program provides protection against deportation over the next 18 months. Those who meet the requirements must request a work permit via form I-765. And as we always say to you, if you need more information we invite you to go to univisionnoticias.com.
“Excellent news!” “We love it!” It is all joy and cheer at the thought of additional people getting immigration relief. Of course, there is no mention whatsoever of the perverse incentives that a massive TPS action might create. There is only elation at the immigration action, and then a very friendly offer to provide additional information. There is no platform on Univision for voices that talk about such blasphemous concepts with regard to immigration policy, such as restraint or enforcement.
Univision, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mexican media giant Televisa, is an open-borders NGO masquerading as a news organization that will co-moderate the upcoming Republican presidential debate. The immigration portion of the debate will be very interesting, to say the least.
It was shortly thereafter that the nation was horrified by a string of violent crimes committed, precisely, by migrants allowed to enter the country. Names such as Rachel Morin, Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nungaray would become household names. The country would bear witness to assaults upon our law enforcement in Times Square and elsewhere, and our political discourse on immigration was irrevocably altered.
But we must never forget the role that Spanish-language media had in enabling this immigration crisis. By modeling for their culturally cloistered and therefore clueless counterparts in legacy media, they fueled the illusion that opening our borders wide open was somehow a good thing. It was good for Spanish-language media, as they gained millions of eyeballs, but certainly not for the rest of the country.
