Latest Breaking News On - Krish vignarajah - Page 2 : vimarsana.com
this is about how we rise to meet this moment and who we are as a nation. what does it say about us? if we don't offer safe haven to those in crisis? i've shown merkel has a -- beacon of hope. who was it that we want to be? joining me now, krish vignarajah, ceo of immigration and -- former policy director for michelle obama. and lindsay toczylowski, executive director of the immigrants defender law center. ladies, it is so good to see you both. krish, it is -- what is driving this increase in migration all across the globe? >> as you said, it is everything from foreign violence, increased persecution, the pandemic, and of course climate disaster. this was a year where we saw the ukrainian crisis, and the afghan evacuation.
Isn-t-a-crisisNationSafe-havenMerkelBeacon-of-hopeImmigrationLadiesKrish-vignarajahPolicy-directorExecutive-directorLindsay-toczylowskiImmigrants-defender-law-center
in san diego this week, and i saw personally yesterday. this type of treatment that is meant to make it impossible for people to actually get protection, none of this is ever going to satisfy the anti immigrant side. >> yeah, i mean, krish, to underline what lindsey is saying there, i think joe biden could go down to the border, build a wall himself with his own bare hands, and even then, he would not have republicans and nativist say, okay, job done, we did it. for them, they are insatiable on this issue. so i am unclear from a political calculus standpoint what the true value is. to some democrats of not offering an alternative vision of what immigration asylum, and our border could look like. >> you're exactly right.
PeopleNoneProtectionBiktarvyTypeAnti-immigrant-sideSan-diegoSouthern-borderJoe-bidenKrish-vignarajahGopWall