Dr. Phil McGraw blickt bei „Jesse Watters Primetime“ auf seine Reisen an die Grenze zurück und erklärt, warum Amerika aufhören muss, sich dafür zu entschuldigen, dass es eine Grenze gibt, die „kein Drehkreuz“ ist.
Der klinische Psychologe und Ikone des Tagesfernsehens Dr. Phil McGraw sagte gegenüber Fox News, es sei Zeit für einen „Aufruf zum Handeln“ gemäßigter, patriotischer Amerikaner gegen die illegale Einwanderungskrise, die nun offenbar mit mehreren gewalttätigen Vorfällen in Verbindung gebracht wird, von denen einer ein Land in Georgia verließ Student tot.
McGraw sagte am Montag, dass die Bereitschaft der Menschen, sich über politische Themen wie Einwanderung zu äußern, in den letzten zehn Jahren immer geringer geworden sei, da das Aufkommen sozialer Medien dazu führen könne, dass sie ins Visier genommen, auf die schwarze Liste gesetzt oder beruflich gerügt werden.
„Sie drohen, das Unternehmen, in dem Sie arbeiten, zu boykottieren, wenn sie Sie nicht loswerden [or[ fire you; the ways you can be portrayed on social media platforms. People are just saying, look, it’s easier not to speak out. And that has to stop,” McGraw said Monday on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
McGraw was specifically responding to a viral TikTok video of an illegal immigrant holding a baby, who said the child – purportedly an American citizen – is his “gold mine” to shirk work and benefit from subsidies.
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“There has to be a call to action: This middle group of people throughout America that care about this country, love this country, need to say enough is enough and too much is too much. And I’ve got to stand up and speak up,” McGraw said.
Dr, Phil said he consistently makes gestures of patriotism, such as standing for the national anthem, and has received criticism for doing so, However, he stressed Americans should not be ashamed of the United States and instead speak out on such issues because they love this country.
“Stop apologizing for having a border that’s not a turnstile. I’ve been to the border… I’m not saying I’m a border expert. I’m certainly not a politician. But I’ve talked to the border agents down there. These are dedicated men and women. And they are so frustrated that they’re not allowed to do their job,” he said.
“They want to patrol the border, and they’ve become social workers.”
Days after the Athens, Ga. murder of Laken Riley was linked to a Venezuelan national in the country illegally, authorities in the Lynchburg, Va. area said a 32-year-old migrant from that country was arrested on felony charges connected to sexual assault of a minor.
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The Maduro regime in Caracas has also effectively banned the repatriation of any Venezuelan nationals the U.S. adjudicates for deportation, and is not allowing such flights from North America.
The individual in the Virginia case, Renzo Montes, was detained and released by federal authorities in Texas last September.
On “Jesse Watters Primetime,” McGraw reiterated how many Americans are afraid to take public stands on the issue, even given such macabre repercussions.
“If they… say we should control the border, then they’re labeled as anti-immigration. They’re labeled as haters for these different countries that people are coming from. But that’s missing the point, isn’t it?” he said.
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McGraw said critics fail to delineate between legal and illegal immigration, remarking that he is staunchly pro-legal-immigration.
“We’ve got a 1.6 birthrate; we need 2.1 to sustain our infrastructure here – I welcome immigrants into this country, but we need to know who they are… we need to be able to sort through these people and [determine] diejenigen, die Feinde der Vereinigten Staaten sind“, sagte er.