Gaines Gunn0:00 What's up everyone?0:01 I was just sitting here watching a show and an advertisement came on.0:07 It was actually a really interesting advertisement because you know, with kind of the political state stance of the nation, um, you know, there's been a really big push towards deporting people who came here illegally.0:20 Um, and this ad basically said in Spanish first and then in English to uh get on a or basically to report yourself and to get on a plane and to leave the country, and that the that the US would pay you and return you with a flight and um not charge you criminally.0:38 And I think this is a really interesting um you know campaign because it's it's for me it makes me think, you know, the whole push for deportation is um you know to save the American taxpayers' money, and if we're gonna pay these immigrants to leave, and we're also gonna provide flights, that is spending American taxpayer money.1:00 Um, you know, for me I've always been very pro legal immigration.1:05 I have a little brother who we adopted and legally immigrated into the United States, and so for me, I just I don't think it's right for people to skip the line.1:15 Um, but I do think that this is a very interesting approach by um the government, you know, and so I I looked it up and apparently there's two ads.1:24 There's one for domestic and there's one for international, which I think that's interesting too.1:29 Like, why do we need to show this advertisement um internationally?1:34 Um but yeah, I I think it's a interesting advertisement.1:39 I think for me.1:40 I think there that it's a that at the end of the day, I think it's a good advertisement, and I think it's a good thing to push for because I think people should choose to go back.1:51 Um, and if they don't, then maybe it should be more of a forceful return.
Wesley Joyce0:00 Yeah, gangs, these certainly are some um very interesting advertisements to be to be running.0:07 You know, it really shows where we're at as a country right now with our stances on this.0:13 Um, two things that I wanted to say is you mentioned how you weren't sure about the international advertisements.0:21 And my first thought was honestly the international advertisements might be a little more effective.0:29 Um, if uh let's say a mother of an immigrant um, say her son's working in the states and sending her money back to support their family, if they're already terrified that he's gonna get arrested, have a criminal record, never be able to immigrate legally and face all these repercussions, and they live that worry out day to day that ICE is gonna, you know, ruin his life and send him home and strip them of everything.1:00 I could see how a mother would see that advertisement and encourage their son to say, hey, wrap everything up, get your affairs in order, take your money that they're paying you to come back home and hop on this flight and come home and come, you know, we'll we'll keep waiting in the line to do it the right way.1:19 But I think uh contacting the support networks of the people that are here illegally, um, I mean, those are the people they're here for.1:28 So, you know, if if they see these advertisements and feel compelled to tell these people to come back home, I think that could be a very effective um method.1:38 Um also, you know, that it you also mentioned how the importance of this was to reserve our taxpayer dollars for our domestic issues.1:51 And I'm not saying this is my stance um necessarily on this, but I think others might argue that let's say it costs $4,000.2:01 You know, I don't know what they're paying them, I don't know what kind of accommodations they're getting them.2:05 Say it costs $4,000 for the US government to abide by what they're saying they're gonna do and the port them the right way.2:12 If somebody worked in America for 20 years and didn't pay taxes and you know, drove on our roads and used our facilities that we all pay taxes for and um appreciated the freedoms that America allows through our taxpayer dollars, they're gaining a substantial amount more in using our taxpayer dollars and not paying into them.2:38 Whereas if we could just go ahead and pay a $4,000 uh fee, you know, to get them back to their country um the right way and with a little bit of change in their pocket for doing it like that, I think it would pay itself off over time in the eyes of um the people who are making these policies.2:57 But yeah, definitely very interesting.
Carl Dagher0:00 Yeah, Gaines, this is a really interesting topic.0:03 Um my parents were both immigrants from Lebanon.0:06 They came here illegally.0:07 It took them a while to get their citizenship.0:09 Um my opinion on this topic is yes, I mean, we're paying US taxpayer dollars to um deport these people, I think in in the most humane way possible.0:23 Uh however, it we shouldn't be paying US taxpayer dollars, in my opinion.0:30 But I think this is a good um middle ground that was able to be reached.0:35 I think this solution particularly is a good way to humanely um deport illegal immigrants.0:44 Um again, this is a case-by-case issue.0:47 Each person, each immigrant has its has their their own reasons for coming.0:51 But I think as a nation, if we stick, if we have a law, I think we should stick to it.0:59 Um whatever that law is.1:00 If it's a big enough issue, that it should be amended.1:03 Um and you know, I bel as for the taxpayer side of things, a one-way flight back to let's say a Latin American country is a lot cheaper than what taxpayer money would be spent on someone who illegally stayed in the country for years at a time.1:27 So I think it's a difference of five hundred dollars to maybe thousands.1:34 I you can't really put a number on it, but I think it's a it's a reasonable and humane way of addressing an issue that's been uh kind of tearing our country apart.1:45 Um and you know, I think most people who come from legal immigrant families will have a similar opinion to me.1:53 Maybe not, but from my experience, it's uh I think we all share um kind of similar similar values when it comes to this stuff because there is a system in place.2:03 Um, so yeah.