The Associated Press suggests that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be interfering with US immigration policy to block US military aid to Russia’s war with Ukraine.
“For Vladimir Putin, victory in Ukraine could mean a run through the Rio Grande Valley in Texas,” the Associated Press reported on March 1. report,addition:
In recent weeks, Russian state media and Kremlin-linked online accounts have been spreading and amplifying misleading and inflammatory content about U.S. immigration and border security. The campaign appears to be designed to stoke anger and polarization ahead of the 2024 White House election, and experts who study Russian disinformation have said Putin has expressed support for Ukraine. It says Americans can expect more developments as it seeks to weaken and cut off vital aid supplies.
Vague claims of foreign influence operations are understated because the American public knows that for decades many countries have used the media to influence U.S. attitudes. It is.
However, this claim is also politically distorted. For example, the article suggests that U.S. immigration policy is influenced by Russia, and contains many ambiguous expressions such as “likely,” “misleading,” and “might.” But it provides no means of measuring the scale and impact of Russian influence and spending on American immigration politics.
The Associated Press described Russian reporting on protests in Texas and growing demands for a border wall, acknowledging that “some people.” [Russian] The claim was posted by an account with a small audience. Others were created by state media sites with millions of followers. ”
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meet in the Oval Office of the White House on September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia’s spending appears to be very small compared to domestic campaigns. For example, her two candidates and their supporters in the US in the 2020 election spent her $5.7 billion to influence media coverage.
Meanwhile, multiple U.S. polls show that Americans already see immigration as a top issue in the 2024 election, despite many immigration advocates. article in the US establishment media. A Monmouth University poll found that 61% of Americans consider federal immigration policy a “very serious” problem, according to a press release. Added:
6 in 10 say this is a very serious problem. [prior] The increase was most pronounced among Republicans, from 66% very serious in 2015 to 77% in 2019 and 91% in this poll.
Among independents, 58% say this is a very serious problem, up from just over 4 in 10 who said the same in both 2015 (42%) and 2019 (43%). Among Democrats, 41% now have similar concerns, down from 33% in 2015 to 26% in 2019.
The Associated Press article declared that Russian media reports were inaccurate, but did not provide links or citations so that Americans could verify the AP’s reasonable claims.
In social media posts, online videos, articles on websites, and more, these accounts misrepresent the impact of immigration, emphasize stories of crimes committed by immigrants, and talk about the misery if the U.S. fails to crack down on its border with Mexico. warns you of the consequences. Much of it is misleading and filled with cherry-picked data and debunked rumors.
The Associated Press, citing Russian reporting on the killing of an American allegedly by a Venezuelan immigrant, said, The account has been seized.” to stay to pursue his immigration case. ”
But the AP’s passive voice and refusal to say her name (Laken Riley) demonstrate establishment media’s reluctance to address the negative aspects of immigration. It also helps explain why Americans seek their news elsewhere. For example, many Americans get their immigration news from Breitbart.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza. spoke to reporters after a divided Senate passed an emergency spending package for the United States. , February 13, 2024, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Associated Press article also fails to mention that Democrats saw political advantage in linking the two issues of Ukraine and the U.S. border. In early February, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) unsuccessfully tried to pass a bill that would have replaced tougher U.S. border laws with aid to Ukraine. The secretly drafted border bill further relaxed U.S. border security and was quickly rejected by the Republican caucus.
Top Democrats are now backing a Republican-drafted U.S. border security plan in a potential political exchange that could overcome Republican opposition to spending an additional $60 billion to protect Ukraine’s border from Russian invaders. is refusing. “We need to do Ukraine now,” Schumer said after a Feb. 27 meeting at the White House. “There are other issues we should be addressing, such as borders, but we shouldn’t be addressing them now.”
🇺🇸 Schumer: Border? Uh… later.
“We have to fight with Ukraine now. There are other issues we should address, such as borders, but not right now.”
Source: MSNBC pic.twitter.com/v3Y2TsiDxu
— NB (@lovelynancie) March 1, 2024
On February 29, Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) once again linked the two issues by declaring that he supports large portions of the Republican HR2 border bill in exchange for funding to Ukraine.
MSNBC is also talking about it. claimed Impact of Russian online agitprop.
