Unlike the press coverage of immigration in the U.S., which focuses mainly on the should we or shouldn’t we/are they good or are they bad style debate, this article from BBC News takes a different approach.
Rather than taking the traditional approach, the article focuses more on the economic side of the detention of those who are found here illegally. According to the report, there has been talk over the last few months of taking detainees out of jails, where they’re forced to reside alongside traditional criminals who’ve been charged with all sorts of different crimes. Instead, the proposal includes the option to renovate old nursing homes and hotels into virtual holding tanks, while saving money at the same time. This way, the American government pays less money to house the illegal immigrants while they await deportation, etc, while also allowing those being detained to be removed from the criminal barracks.
It seems that this article and a foreign press in general takes on a more lenient/sympathetic role in regard to immigration. Maybe it’s just because it isn’t as big of a problem in those regions of the world? Who knows, but I think we could learn a thing or two from their way of thinking.
- Austin Ellington
