In January 2019 President Trump made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to request funding from the Democratically controlled House for aid to the growing humanitarian crisis on the Southern border.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/president-trump/trump-makes-humanitarian-case-for-wall-calling-border-situation-%E2%80%98a-crisis-of-the-soul%E2%80%99/ar-BBRZJlh</ref> Democrats and the [[mainstream media]] denied such a situation existed<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/03/x-times-the-media-said-there-was-no-crisis-at-the-southern-border/</ref> and called it a "manufactured crisis."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8dwSt1hog&feature=youtu.be</ref> After a photo of the bodies of a father and his 23 month old daughter who drowned in the [[Rio Grande]] river trying to enter the United States illegally was widely publicized,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxNj4_mEVg</ref> some Democrats charged the U.S. with maintaining "[[concentration camp]]s" on the Southern border since the Obama era,<ref>https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies</ref><ref>Walter Shaub was the Obama era director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, now Senior Director of the election law organization Campaign Legal Center. https://archive.fo/tMEu5</ref> forcing migrants to drink toilet water,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q48Ch_6kU5A</ref> then voted ''against'' bills to provide funding for humanitarian relief.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/ocasio-cortez-senate-mcconnell-house-border-bill-tapper/</ref> Leftist terror attacks on federal facilities and law enforcement officers have become commonplace, and no Democrat presidential candidate has condemned the attacks. All Democrat candidates are on record promising to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-approve-health-care-illegal-immigrants-trump-fires-back-end-race/</ref> President Trump has been a strong advocate for immigration reform of which Congressional Democrats have been obstructionist; in 2018, nearly two-thirds of all federal arrests were of non-citizens.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/08/23/doj-64-percent-of-federal-arrests-last-year-were-of-noncitizens-n2552109</ref> | In January 2019 President Trump made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to request funding from the Democratically controlled House for aid to the growing humanitarian crisis on the Southern border.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/president-trump/trump-makes-humanitarian-case-for-wall-calling-border-situation-%E2%80%98a-crisis-of-the-soul%E2%80%99/ar-BBRZJlh</ref> Democrats and the [[mainstream media]] denied such a situation existed<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/03/x-times-the-media-said-there-was-no-crisis-at-the-southern-border/</ref> and called it a "manufactured crisis."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K8dwSt1hog&feature=youtu.be</ref> After a photo of the bodies of a father and his 23 month old daughter who drowned in the [[Rio Grande]] river trying to enter the United States illegally was widely publicized,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PxNj4_mEVg</ref> some Democrats charged the U.S. with maintaining "[[concentration camp]]s" on the Southern border since the Obama era,<ref>https://www.ushmm.org/information/press/press-releases/statement-regarding-the-museums-position-on-holocaust-analogies</ref><ref>Walter Shaub was the Obama era director of the United States Office of Government Ethics, now Senior Director of the election law organization Campaign Legal Center. https://archive.fo/tMEu5</ref> forcing migrants to drink toilet water,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q48Ch_6kU5A</ref> then voted ''against'' bills to provide funding for humanitarian relief.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/ocasio-cortez-senate-mcconnell-house-border-bill-tapper/</ref> Leftist terror attacks on federal facilities and law enforcement officers have become commonplace, and no Democrat presidential candidate has condemned the attacks. All Democrat candidates are on record promising to give free healthcare to illegal immigrants.<ref>https://www.westernjournal.com/democrats-approve-health-care-illegal-immigrants-trump-fires-back-end-race/</ref> President Trump has been a strong advocate for immigration reform of which Congressional Democrats have been obstructionist; in 2018, nearly two-thirds of all federal arrests were of non-citizens.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/08/23/doj-64-percent-of-federal-arrests-last-year-were-of-noncitizens-n2552109</ref> |