Social Media Influence On Immigration

This bring us to the present-day situation with immigration. While immigration has been a hot topic since our founding years, it the present day use of social media that is getting the most attention. With the growing world of technology, the media influence of the radio and cable television are now joined with the Internet. The debates regarding immigration compared from 2007 to today are effected differently because of the difference in media source. In 2007, conservatives used the radio and television to voice their opposition of an amnesty program for immigrants. The conservatives were successful in striking down the policy with very little opposition from the liberal side. Liberals “paid relatively little attention to the issue” which
The media has been vocal on both sides of this issue using social media such as Twitter and Facebook. The DACA program referred to as, the Dream Act was recently rescinded leaving millions of illegal immigrants unsure of their fate. The Dream Act was a program created by an executive order from President Obama in 2012. Now that President Trump has rescinded the program, Congress is being pressured to decide what to do next. There is a clear political divide in this cause and it is being voiced over social media for the entire nation to view. One side say President Trump “dropped a potential bomb into negotiations on the future” of DACA participants. (Media Matters Staff). Every news station, newspaper and social media account seem to be more interested in taking a side than presenting any of the facts. There are arguments of children brought here by their parents that will lose out on the American Dream. Then conservatives argue the DACA participants are abusing the system and have free access to the school system when they aren’t legal American citizens. The media is influencing the latent opinion of individuals in hopes of getting the public to form an opinion and to compel Congress to decide based off this result. The modern improvements on social media have created a whole new level of media influence. Twitter and Facebook have created live streams of people debating these issues. There is also the courage that comes from typing behind a desk to people you may never meet. This is much different than posting an article under a pseudonym back in the early years of the country. Twitter users are not certified in American Government knowledge and yet they are exposing millions of others to their latent opinions throughout the internet with just a click of a button. Today, any person can post and article or blog and the search to find the facts becomes the real search. The influence on