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In CNN's article called "Building walls to keep out immigrants helps terrorists" the two rapporteurs, Ben Emerson and Jessica Jones, elaborate on how Candidate Trump's plan to build a wall along the southern border would only pressure more illegal immigrants to sneak into the United States. 

As United Nations rapporteurs, both Emerson and Jones specialize in human rights and international law. Their argument is that Trump's proposal to build a wall will only make the rates of illegal immigration increase. the more America tried to restrict immigrant from coming through, the more illegal immigrants will fight to come over to this country. What many Americans fail to realize is that a lot of the time, when immigrants are brought over it is because they are refugees escaping countries with active terrorist groups and persecution. Trump has accused immigrants of being terrorists, in spite of this, as the article states, "Refugees are, in many cases, victims of terrorism". Both rapporteurs believe that the more that America restricts the national boundaries, the more it encourages people to defy such restrictions, in hopes of a better re-establishment for their families. As much as immigration is an issue America faces as a country, it is not a battle we can take on by ourselves. Trumps "easy fix"to keeping immigrants out, is very much an issue that America overlooks. The case problem is that the immigration we face is not one of just south of our borders, but of every possible direction. Unfortunately, many citizens don't see illegal immigrants as trying to better the future of their children, instead, we naturally see immigrants as a threat and menace to society.

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As controversial as this year's campaign is, there is not yet an obvious winner that America can conclude. However, as Bernie Sanders’ pollster, Ben Tulchin expresses in the "Los Angeles Time" what could make the most impact for democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. In Tulchin’s article called, “Bernie Sanders’ pollster explains how Clinton can gain ground with millennial voters” he expresses what strategies could best assist Clinton in overpowering the polls.

As time significantly whines down for Clinton and Trump to win over America, it is obvious  that the only way one may outdo the other is be winning over the youngest generation of voters. Ben Tulchin took notice of prior Candidate Bernie Sanders and how he slowly, but surely was able to gain the trust and support of the younger generation by strategically engaging with them in issues that very much pertained to them. Issues such as mediocre job prospects and high levels of college debt (which Sanders addressed with free college tuition), and equal rights. As progressive as the millennial generation is, Tulchin infers that "they feel they’ve been dealt a bad hand of economic recession, wage stagnation, and political gridlock."

It seems as though Tulchin's intended audience is Hillary Clinton. As Sanders supported such issues in a peaceful and direct manner, Tulchin believes this will be in Clinton's favor. The more Clinton makes these changes a priority, the better off she is with gaining a significant amount of youthful voters in such a small amount of time.