MSNBC correspondent Priya Sridhar was corrected on air by the network’s anchor Alex Witt on Sunday after she used the term “illegal alien” instead of “undocumented immigrant.”
Sridhar reported to El Paso, Texas on active duty troops to help prevent illegal border crossings and arrest and deport illegal immigrants. During her segment on “Alex Witt’s Reports,” she moved into a report about the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) taking nearly 50 illegal immigrants into custody in Colorado.
Sridhar said, “I want you guys to take a look at the video that we saw this morning from DEA, ATF, and Homeland Security investigators out of the Rocky Mountain Field Division in Colorado. ” “You can see a raid that happened this morning. They say they were targeting a group of Venezuelans, and they seized cash, cash, weapons and actually ’50 illegals there. The aliens were ‘arrestable, Alex.”
Border encounters have significantly decreased since President Donald Trump took office. (Customs and Border Protection)
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“Yes, we call them undocumented immigrants.” “But it was, again, on release from the DEA. Okay. Thanks a lot for that from El Paso, Priya.”
A similar example occurred on MSNBC in June when MSNBC host Simone Sanders Townsend corrected her co-host Michael Steele on air after Steele used the term “illegal immigrant”. What did
“I want to be clear,” Sanders-Townsend told Steele. “We don’t use the term ‘illegal.’ Undocumented people.”
Alex Witt of MSNBC corrected Priya Sridhar for not using the term “undocumented immigrant”. (MSNBC screenshot)
Within the first day of the Trump administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made more than 460 arrests of illegal immigrants with criminal histories including sexual assault, domestic violence, and drug and weapons offenses. are included.
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Multiple Department of Homeland Security officials also told Fox News Digital that the number of border patrol encounters on the southern border in the first three days of the Trump administration was 35 percent lower than the last three days of the Biden administration.
In the last three days of the Biden administration, there were a total of 3,908 encounters. In the first three days of the Trump administration, there were 2,523 encounters.
The Trump administration deported hundreds of illegal immigrants in its first day in office. (White House)
These actions were followed by President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency at the border, triggering mass deportations in several cities and states.
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Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
