Netflix\nreleased a strategically timed documentary at the beginning of August called\n\u201cImmigration Nation.\u201d The mini-series is six episodes of blatant mass-immigration\npropaganda which aims to attack Trump\u2019s immigration policies and push the\n\u201cAbolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u201d agenda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amidst the\nonslaught of emotional appeals throughout the documentary, there are numerous\nmyths pushed by the film\u2019s producers. Below are three of the most egregious falsehoods:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myth\n1<\/em><\/strong>: Trump\nhas deported more people than any other President<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the main arguments in the docuseries is that deportations have significantly increased under the Trump Administration. This is FALSE. Under President Obama\u2019s first term (2009-2012<\/a>), ICE Enforcement and Removal Officers (ERO) deported 1,568,278 illegal aliens (not including returns). Under President Obama\u2019s second term (2013-2016), ICE removed 1,495,415 illegal aliens. In the first three years of the Trump Administration (2017-2019<\/a>), 749,462 illegal aliens were removed by ICE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Obama was often called the \u201cdeporter in chief\u201d by those in his own party who were critical of his immigration policy. However, you don\u2019t see Netflix making a documentary criticizing his actions. In fact, they recently signed a lucrative media deal<\/a> with the former president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Myth 2: Immigrants coming over illegally are just “good guys trying to support their families<\/em> . . . “<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mainstream media<\/a> and third-party<\/a> review sites claim the documentary is a \u201cmust see<\/a>\u201d and shows \u201cboth sides of the issue.\u201d The argument stems from the fact that crews followed ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents on various calls and allowed space for the head of ICE Public Relations to speak on the issues. But producers left out a majority of the story and were very selective about the images they showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Crews focused on several storylines all portraying family members separated from their children at the border despite supposedly no prior criminal convictions aside from entering illegally. They claim that two-thirds of all detainees have no prior criminal record. However, they ignore the fact that 91 percent of illegal aliens removed<\/strong> in FY2019<\/a> had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges at the time of arrest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n