We Camped Out On The Border To See What The So-Called Crisis Looks Like (HBO)
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Published 2019-02-17
He told one such harrowing tale on live TV in the Rose Garden on January 25. He was announcing a temporary end to the government shutdown, but the assembled reporters were also treated to a minute-long yarn about kidnapped migrants.
Scary stuff (if unsubstantiated). So in the spirit of fact-checking, VICE News’ Alzo Slade went to the bootheel of New Mexico, an area that's seen an increase in Central American migrants seeking asylum in recent months, to hear if its residents had seen anything resembling Trump’s claims.
Spoiler alert: They hadn’t.
But just to be thorough, Alzo pitched a tent along an unwalled section of the border separating the U.S. from Mexico to see if he could catch those “criminal cartels, narco-terrorists, transnational gangs like MS-13 and human traffickers” the president says are pouring over the unwalled border before “they make a left or a right into the United States of America.”
What Alzo saw won’t surprise you either.
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All Comments (21)
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In the spirit of fact-checking, VICE News’ Alzo Slade went to the bootheel of New Mexico, an area that's seen an increase in Central American migrants seeking asylum in recent months, to hear if its residents had seen anything resembling Trump’s claims. NEXT: What Happens To Religious Professionals When They Stop Believing In God - bit.ly/2tsL0Qr
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The title should be renamed "We camped in a 1 mile radius on a 2,000 mile border".
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what a one sided reporting
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This kinda reminds of Acosta's report from next to a wall
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Ome night in NM doesnt mean shit, you didnt see shit. Come to where I live (Tucson) and I'll take you on on a 30 min drive into real hell!! People who don't live by the border dont understand how much it affects us.
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The location was chosen carefully along with the time of year it was filmed.
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One day I went out fishing by the pier. I probably sat there almost the whole day, and didn't catch a single fish. So I assumed there's no fish in the ocean.....Went home so sad.....
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And you wonder why you're not taken seriously as a news organization.
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Until. We solve homeless in America and the majority are veterans with PTSD Shut down the border No more We need to clean our house first
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Why don’t you talk to the border patrol
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Doesn’t get much more ignorant than this.
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Not even a lizard tries to get into the US in that area.
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Try camping in south texas by the river
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Is this really considered reporting? They cut out 90% of everyone's conversations I was really curious to see what the old man had to say at the gas station...
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Human Trafficking doesn't happen because we cannot see it duh
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Go camp where more than 100,000 people are walking through your safe space. Without a weapon to protect yourself. See if your attitude changes. Thats a VICE segment I'd love to see. I still like watching BTW.
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Talk about throwing a dart on a map and saying this is the pinnacle spot, sarcasm.
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Is it just me or is it always super fishy when a video has more likes than dislikes but every single top comment is a negative one?
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They didn't even jump from one side to another while saying, "Mexico, America, Mexico, America." Lame.
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I went camping in the smokeys. Not one damn sasquatch!!!
