WATCH: Should the U.S. Shut Its Borders? A Free Press Debate

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In April 2024, more than 700 people gathered to watch two sides battle over the No. 1 issue in the 2024 election: Should the United States close its borders?
Best-selling author Ann Coulter and Sohrab Ahmari, founder and editor of Compact, argued yes. They faced off against Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large for Reason magazine, and Cenk Uygur, founder of The Young Turks.
At The Free Press, passionate, smart, good-faith debate is at the very core of our mission. Our commitment to open conversation is why we partnered with the country’s premier civil liberties organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, without whom this event would never have been possible. If you care about free speech, and if you believe that it’s worth defending, FIRE is an organization that should be on your radar.

[@joshdun3290]

I'm no conservative, but America needs to do something about the borders. Full Stop.

[@ADanZLife]

Trump isn't a Conservative either; he is a 90s Democrat, but since the Left has gone insane they call 90s & early 2000s Democrats/Progressives racist, xenophobic, and alt-right My parents said they always voted Democrat because Democrats fought for the working class, but since 2016 they've been voting Republican. Democrats are now pro-elites and pro-corporate America. It's sad.

[@featuredview6546]

Yh those conservatives who yap about it dont want to fix it they would rather use it for election purposes

[@Lonewolff87]

​@@featuredview6546did you listen to the debate? We already have the laws on the books. That stupid immigration bill was literally just secret amnesty to let more people in here faster and loaded with pork. We want the border shut down, and the illegal aliens rounded up and deported. We dont need new laws for that. Democrats broke the immigration system.

[@christerry1773]

@@featuredview6546liberals are just as bad. Don’t act like it’s so one sided.

[@lisaturtle6374]

@@featuredview6546 No we want our borders closed. Enough is enough

[@michaelmclean150]

Cenk is a good reason to close borders....

[@zhaoxiaoying9894]

so well said.

[@nicholasmeli6410]

As usual, you can just fast forward any time he opens his mouth. Why is this guy relevant again?

[@Vicki-fp5ii]

Lol

[@AC-mp7cx]

most tolerant republican

[@friendlypedokiller3026]

@@AC-mp7cx 👈 mostly straight monkeypox spreader.

[@mindfuel-ness]

My wife said, "The fact that they crossed the border illegally makes it 100% crime rate" lol

[@dukkyfuzzfuzzydukk3594]

Yea if she is native

[@27manduh]

@@dukkyfuzzfuzzydukk3594 I am "native." Close the dayum border.

[@dukkyfuzzfuzzydukk3594]

@@27manduh sure you are…

[@FatherManus]

@@dukkyfuzzfuzzydukk3594 Natives didnt have countries or laws. No countries and laws, no borders. Nice try though.

[@fatmonkey4716]

​@@dukkyfuzzfuzzydukk3594 It's so obvious that you have to ignore things to keep your opinions.

[@ocean77359]

Havent you debated enough!!?? Close the borders!! Its already too late.

[@helluvastart]

At the end of FY 2019, a total of 63,725 individuals were in USMS custody. Of those 63,725 individuals, 23,580 individuals (37 percent) were known or suspected aliens.

[@20Schmidt]

Common sense...TY

[@MusicalWhiskey]

If it’s too late, why close them?

[@ngonzales3781]

Anyone arguing for open borders has no idea the logistical strain illegal immigrants cause. Its a bad deal for everyone involved.

[@BillKassis-le2bf]

@@ngonzales3781 Yet, it was obvious that the joke is the open border farce. It only took 1.5 hrs to convince 8% of the BS they came in believing. Cenk is emotional, but makes great arguments IMO

[@michaeldose2041]

Why is this even a debate. The American people NEVER supported this.

[@etchalaco9971]

What immigration? Of course it did. Everyone is an immigrant

[@jaysinlsavage50]

Exactly. Legal immigrants are vetted.

[@harveydoherty6995]

Because,most politicians, aren't, "Logical or moral anymore! And people are divided with ridiculous, unlogical views because of improper education and extremely, biased - brain washing"media channels!! As u can see!! Saying that In the near future ( im positive) Well get better politicians, In office,to improve our country!!

[@michaeldose2041]

@ReactionaryRighty-nt6hq Unless you have a turd in your pocket there isn't any wee about this. The vast majority like 80% of the American people want a secure border. The other 20% are illegals.

[@samuelspiel8855]

That there is even a debate about whether the nation should have something as simple as borders, while the government has illegally allowed tens of millions into the country. This country is dead meat.

[@bunangst8415]

“Once America is gone its lights out for the rest of the world.” -Ann Coulter This statement is true.

[@PreethiAparna]

Disagree 💯 for uh wasp yes!! Rest of the 🌎 not sure!! Not at all . World doesn't work that way

[@bunangst8415]

@@PreethiAparna you’re not very street smart are you? You’re among the hundreds of millions that have a predisposition to dig your own grave as history has 100% proven. People like you, Preethi, get tricked every time! Ask survivors of the Eastern Block, Mao and Khmer Rouge. The long reaching influence of American Constitution has acted as the last buffer against world tyranny, despite the corruption of the CIA and other trans national war criminals. Don’t be naive.

[@ddhqj2023]

When the Roman Empire collapsed, the world didn't disappear. When Great Britain was no longer a colonialist power, the world didn't disappear. If America craters, some other country will move into the top position.

[@mohamedbenhamida5652]

huh! self-centered much?

[@bunangst8415]

@@ddhqj2023 America built the most robust working class private sector in the history of mankind. A foreign dominated criminal lobbyist syndicate looted around 10,000 savings and loans and busted out mom and pop farmers and manufacturers with no bid contracts. Depraved lunatics repealed Glass-Steagall, imposed NAFTA and provoked both sides of every war debt based boom, bust and bailout cycle. The DC Hollywood mob moves public taxpayer funds into private hands with the end game of seizing the means of production and monitoring all means of consumption in a morally bankrupt surveillance state. They couldn’t pull it off without people LIKE YOU who have such a lack of knowledge, wisdom and civic awareness.

[@seekingtruth2371]

Cenk said Trump did not cut down on illegal crossings. That is ridiculous. Compare crossings under Trump & Biden. Trump’s policies - Remain in Mexico; Mexico providing 28,000 guards on its northern & southern borders; agreements with numerous Latin American countries; cutting catch-and-release; fighting opioid supply; going after MS-13 - worked to deter illegal crossings.

[@ohmyv3gatron]

Obama deported the most ironically

[@cynjhern]

Remember, Trump has always hired undocumented immigrants. Also, he asked his own party to not vote for funding the border just so that he can have something to run on for 2024. Does that sound to you like he serious about the border?

[@bloodaonadeline8346]

Cenk is a liar

[@corindawow7871]

Look it up and inform yourself, google is your friend

[@etchalaco9971]

Obama/Biden have deported more people than Trump or any republican in history. Trump campaigned on mass deportation and a wall paid for by Mexico, he did neither.

[@vghudson2056]

Immigration (legal or otherwise) into the US is not a right. Immigration into the US is a privilege to those who meet the requirements. Assimilation and self-sustainability are expected and should be demanded.

[@Rockownz5150]

The legal path to come ot the US is broken. Many cases of brilliant physicists and mathematicians who come to study in America's top universities, and then can't stay once they graduate. So many decent, valuable people in various areas, whose immigration papers take 5-15 years to clear. Many on the Right say "just come here legally" and that's perfectly reasonable, but fix the damn system first, for your own good.

[@redhead8777]

That was what was required in the past. This shyte is dangerous and unsustainable. CLOSE ALL THE BORDERS NOW, BIDEN.

[@zeroDOLLARg-Ro]

💯

[@leedee3095]

Well said. It's like the privilege to drive.

[@leedee3095]

Hire judges like the judges we have been seeing lately? No send them back. Illegal and legal are not the same thing.

[@bradschaeffer5736]

"You can have open borders or you can have a welfare state, but you cannot have both." --Milton Friedman

[@TravelCostaRicaNOW]

exactly.

[@etchalaco9971]

why not?

[@bradschaeffer5736]

@@etchalaco9971 Math?

[@etchalaco9971]

@@bradschaeffer5736 what Ab out it?

[@bradschaeffer5736]

@@etchalaco9971 Stop. If you can't understand that I can't help you. Why WOULD you have open borders AND a welfare state?

[@pontehyper25]

I never understand why Cenk Uygur is invited to debate. He's not even in the same playing field as the others. Just emotion.

[@Lucixir]

Because he's a fucking moron and him being on display proves it every time without anyone else having to say a word.

[@kerribowser6495]

To be fair, he is a representation of a fair amount of the population.

[@lilpinksliplee7310]

He's so full of himself it's pathetic.

[@cuominmann]

The elites want open borders for cheap labor , ignorant compliant voters , and a culture defined by consumerism . People with a half brain are against it

[@BirdDogg]

In fairness, Ann literally has no idea what she is talking about. Not a single one of the 24, 911 terrorists were immigrants. 23 of them had tourist visas and one had a student visa. She literally just makes up the facts as she goes.

[@chrisreber9713]

Cenk's argument is nothing but hyperbole

[@akshayneha]

I swear to god. Every single debate!!!!!!!! Doesn’t matter the topic

[@Owenalpe]

He has zero intellectual credibility on any issue. Not worth listening to

[@PoliticalRegality]

He is the low IQ guy in this panel, why was he even invited?!

[@atarileaf]

The sweaty water Buffalo strikes again!

[@vayasindios3311]

Not an accurate stat ever comes out of that massive Turkish mouth of his

[@glennanderson8981]

Nick, you can't have an open border and still be a country.

[@mikeyrose4183]

Glen, you cant go around "Latin" America looting our resources and expect to shut down the repercussions.

[@firefly9838]

Oh were not a country?!?? Can I go rob a bank no consequence now??? Sweett

[@fatmonkey4716]

​@@firefly9838 Nobody said that. Stop making assumptions to make your narrative fit.

[@searose6192]

What makes you think he wants us to be a country? He belives in the elimination of the concept of nations and the free flow and free exploitation of people and resources across the entire globe.

[@lalaboards]

Anyone else finding it incredibly absurd that we’re having a debate over the government breaking federal immigration law ?

[@lisafeck1537]

I'll shout AMEN to that! The point - Illegal immigrants are COMMITTING A CRIME, simply by entering America in the manner they are entering. Illegal immigrants literally bypassing every American law on the books, BY INVITATION! PRESIDENT BIDEN'S and OTHERS IN HIS ADMINISTRATION, HE BROADCAST TO THE WORLD, THE INVITATION! The invitation also, silently extended and endorsed by many RHINO Republicans, for their own personal, and their special interest gorup's benefit.

[@correypeta]

Yes, it pisses me off!!! What the actual hell are we debating. No one but a US citizen is entitled to be here. And there is no country on this earth that accepts people walking over their borders without proper documentation. Americans who support this have lost their minds.

[@ddhqj2023]

The American birthrate has dropped below replacement level. Migrants are allowed in because there's a need for replacement workers as well as tax payers to keep your country functioning at a maintenance level. At the same time the birthrate is dropping, baby boomers are reaching retirement age with 11,000 hitting 65 every day. That is people moving out of the workforce. It's the same thing that is happening in Canada.

[@888-b8f]

​​@@ddhqj2023do you believe Antifa, BLM and the like have the same idea as you? --- Not to mention the immigration policies that have been argued for decades take into account and consider exactly b what you have described. The issue IS why have those common Sense regulations been overlooked and NOT enforced!? Specifically, Under Biden ?

[@aligmal5031]

@@ddhqj2023 if you think birthrate down so immigration should come it means your country is cooked in a few decades you will be the minority in your own country china and asia in general while having similar issue they are no where near what the western world is doing mass immigration is the end of civilization and culture as you know it

[@mangoWHOAman]

Can we all please stop platforming Cenk? All he does is yell

[@Getsitdone]

That's his ogre voice...

[@AC-mp7cx]

"free press", nice

[@CB22211]

He is unbearable. Attacking Trump in his opening monologue shows he has no intellectual argument. I’m glad Trump lives rent free in his head lol.

[@AC-mp7cx]

@@CB22211 aw no ones above criticism

[@Lurch685]

OF COOOOOUUUURSE!

[@donaldkbruce]

Sohrab Ahmari, is extremely cogent and solid in all his thoughts...great job

[@ILikeYous]

100% agree and thats why almost no one listens to him. It has to be rage inducing clickbait to make it these days. He is a cut above and reasonable, not news worthy in the attention economy.

[@cohenlabe1]

The problem was never immigrants or immigration but illegal immigration and thoses changing the argument are being dishonest

[@SuperKripke]

The question is why restrict immigration when they are required for jobs in the US. It's not the case that undocumented migrants take more from the state than they put in. If it's done on the grounds that you want less darker skinned people here then you should be honest about that too.

[@cohenlabe1]

@@SuperKripke what does color or race have anything to do with imagination. Tell me if I'm wrong but people who find a color argument when there isnt isnt that racist and simply a tool to avoid the argument and that being why do we have accept people who came here disobeying the law.

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

@@SuperKripkesir nobody cares about the color. Stop it

[@Saumie]

​@@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865 nobody?! That's quite the claim.

[@goldfaust8613]

No. Legal immigrants are a huge problem as well. Immigrants change the entire culture and make america more divided.

[@RealLifeProduct]

When did we agree to have an open border?

[@thatsmynamesowhat2949]

Fucking exactly.

[@brainchildguru]

And NOBODY wants it even as it’s happening. Where tf does the Biden admin get off doing this stuff when literally no one wants it? Just goes to show they hate America and don’t care about us. And I voted for Biden. Will be voting for Trump this year.

[@bperez8656]

We didn’t. Rich republicans wanted cheap labor Then the Democratic Party became the party of corporations and suddenly both parties wanted it Now elite democrats think illegal immigrants are more voters for them in the long run and the radical leftists think it’s racist not to want them in

[@GenXgirl969]

We didn’t. We live under an authoritarian dictatorship.

[@ADanZLife]

The elites decided they had to open the border to show they weren't racist since Trump was trying to secure the border and he's Hitler.

[@j.p.d.financialservices7298]

What a stupid question. Of course, the border should be defended. People should find legal ways to get into the country.

[@Chriscraft50]

Asylum is legal. It needs to stop.

[@Brentjr94]

There are no legal means which do not require a lot of money and a decade of time. This is the issue.

[@fatmonkey4716]

​@@Brentjr94 So what? Tell me a country you would like to immigrate to that has less requirements for immigration.

[@KatieScarlett93]

Cenk. 0.2 % of our population is not tiny. Stop acting as if it’s wild to be concerned about 679993.126 people being thrust into a country without similar values or cultural norms. It’s not unreasonable.

[@Sam-d7m8w]

Haven't seen the video yet but according to an MIT/Yale study there's 22 million undocumented immigrants in the US. Between 16-30 million. Up to 9% of the population.

[@KatieScarlett93]

@@Sam-d7m8w yep. Enjoy the video. Im not shocked by those numbers at all, but apparently Cenk has clue.

[@certifiedlb3451]

It’s unreasonable based on crime data, economics studies, sociological studies on assimilation, etc. but I guess feelings over facts these days right?

[@brainchildguru]

Exactly! He acts as if 0.09% of 10,000,000 is a small numbers. It’s not, it’s 9,000. And you know they’re underrepresenting the real numbers of gangsters.

[@nathaniel1670]

It is pretty unreasonable. If they are diffused across the country, then it's not exactly like they're functioning as a block or a colony as you try to make it seem.

[@MidWestCon]

Any debate with chunk yogurt is not a serious debate. He is a clown 🤡

[@jtprx7589]

Agreed!

[@reezoe164]

Accurate.

[@jowsy4385]

🤣🤣

[@marlonbrimmer]

Lol the most reasonable one on the panel? Lol the fact you didn't say Ann, tells me all I need to know about how serious you are politically

[@MidWestCon]

@@marlonbrimmer Ann be be extreme but she has a track record on this subject. Whether you like it or not. Cenk is like picking any random person off the street corner.

[@evanb4189]

"We are a nation of immigrants" is an appeal to tradition. Funny, I doubt Cenk and Nick would be OK with ANY other policy from 1830 making a comeback.

[@moribundmurdoch]

Nick would probably be okay with no income tax getting a comeback.

[@27manduh]

Coming from the same side that constantly screams, "NOBODY is above the law" (except those who they align with politically & evidently every OTHER countries' criminals). "Well Americans commit crimes too," has gotta be 1 of the dumbest "arguments" I've ever heard. Yeah, we have to deal with enough homegrown degenerates already, so why not import more? 🤦🏽‍♀️ & everyone here illegally is already a criminal so how do Americans commit "more" crimes than those who only exist here via being CRIMINALS? Grr! Make it make sense y'all!

[@CRASS2047]

Close the damn border already.

[@ADanZLife]

strip away all welfare and assistance from them. in fact, many have actually chosen to return to their country of origin because their life is worse in the US. The only reason they are coming is because they are getting free food, housing, clothing, education, and money.

[@hawkychg3930]

Tell that to the Republican!

[@CRASS2047]

@@hawkychg3930 it wasn’t a problem when the republican was running the country and you know this. Biden stopped all of Trump’s border policies on day 1. And we don’t need any new bills or laws, we just need the executive branch to enforce the laws already on the books. Watch and see how fast Trump closes the border in January 2025. You will see, no new laws were needed. Just enforcement.

[@einnAnnie]

​@@hawkychg3930 Which Republican?

[@QUEENSBRIDGE_10TH_ST231]

If only the natives could’ve done that. 🤔

[@Getsitdone]

I cannot listen to Cenk.

[@OscarSarceno-tk9xe]

You cannot stand facts right

[@danieldenton5721]

​@@OscarSarceno-tk9xeLet all thine immigrants move to his city and in his neighborhood and see how long he still supports it. Just like every leftist. They support it until it effects them personally. They don't care about other people. Look at the sanctuary cities. Let them move into your neighborhood Oscar.

[@danieldenton5721]

​@@OscarSarceno-tk9xeLet all thine immigrants move to his city and in his neighborhood and see how long he still supports it. Just like every leftist. They support it until it effects them personally. They don't care about other people. Look at the sa nct ua ry citi es. Let them move into you neighborhood Oscar. Take you guys resources.

[@bobgolden939]

Cenk is what happens when a loud, screaming lunatic generates clicks and us used for nothing else. He's a complete asshole with no facts whatsoever. He cannot even remember what he believes and screams about.

[@einnAnnie]

​@@OscarSarceno-tk9xe🙄

[@julienielsen4462]

They failed to talk about assimilation and speaking English.

[@johnbutler8815]

As the old saying goes - Cenk entered a battle of wits unarmed.

[@AdnanBen-Abdellah]

“I Love This Country.” The first thing I heard from Cenk was already a lie.

[@bperez8656]

He wants to change this country radically.

[@TylgDeGrier-re5re]

I wish we stopped assuming people who don’t agree with us have “bad intentions”. I have different opinions than Cenk on this, but I’m not going to jump to calling him an America hating boogeyman.

[@AdnanBen-Abdellah]

@@TylgDeGrier-re5re please. I watch him a lot and disagree with him a lot. He hates America. Shame on him. It’s not his country. America (greatest country in the world) belongs to White people and they have to remain the Majority, it also belongs to Blacks and Natives.

[@aurorab6796]

@@bperez8656 And not for the better.

[@corindawow7871]

Congress - the politicians you elected is the f problem - google it

[@wizendsage757]

Why do people invite Cenk to a debate if they actually want a serious discussion?

[@MrStevenvb12]

I wish Weiss ask him, how many illegal immigrants have you taken and house them?

[@wizendsage757]

@@MrStevenvb12 all he’d say is his usual “those are republican talking points” bullshit. V

[@floffice976]

@@MrStevenvb12 is that English?

[@troilero5239]

because as you can see, his ideas will switch people's views. You and your dumbass comment could not do that.

[@Ca55per]

It was him or Sam Seder... and only one of them ran for president this term.

[@MrStevenvb12]

Every speakers has notes except Cenk, we all know, he’s about to spew BS.

[@arzelleus]

26:49 he's definitely taking notes about something here.

[@jamessteffany9228]

A Turkish bill 💩er!!💯

[@isabelsanchez-go3yy]

WE SHOULD KNOW WHO'S COMING TO OUR COUNTRY. THIS ISSUE SHOULDN'T EVEN BEEN BROUGHT UP FOR DEBATE.

[@bereal6590]

Lmao, if trump gets in again this woman will be the first to point at people like you and tell you to get out. How sad that you think you're special.

[@fatmonkey4716]

​@@bereal6590 Why didn't he do that when he was in office?

[@Kelavandoril]

@fatmonkey4716 Because he didn't run on mass deportation before?

[@fatmonkey4716]

@@Kelavandoril Who knows? He didn't lock up Hilary, like he said he would. But the dems are guilty of the same attacks they used to denigrate him.

[@bereal6590]

@@fatmonkey4716 he was constrained by normal humans with normal behaviours and decorum! How do you think. Don't you follow this stuff. There were safety rails on in his first term plus he didn't know what he was doing.

[@peterdog15]

Why aren't we talking about fentanyl and cartel members and terrorists coming in through the southern border? This discussion is missing the point!

[@pdcdesign9632]

Because it's totally irrelevant and not critical 😅

[@blancavelasquez9859]

@@ADanZLifeyea the only one that seemed prepared for this was anne and she just did it from memory

[@ca8944]

Human trafficking too!

[@user-pc3ck4hq5i]

Anne touched on the slavery issue briefly but nothing was said about the billions of dollars going to the cartels. The immigrants are slaves to the cartels and who knows who else. How about the 85,000 missing children that are slaves in this country?

[@BlueDirt_ProAggressive]

America doesn't need any help importing crime.

[@AlecO-xh8rt]

Can people stop platforming Cenk. The guy is an ogre.

[@PoliticalRegality]

Loud and low IQ.

[@dant1386]

As soon as people stop platforming Ann Coulter. The blonde nazi does nothing but throw out racist dog whistles.

[@feylafon8079]

And the old angry lady also✌️

[@bloodshot3697]

I think they have him on for a laugh lol

[@27manduh]

He's weirdly obsessed with Trump.

[@jesuschrist8883]

Lol, he said illegals commit less crime than native born Americans 😂

[@tylercampbell6365]

Agreed

[@frankbrownii8489]

100% of illegals have committed a crime

[@waitaminute2015]

I believe that. I live in a town with a large community of immigrants, legal or not I cannot say, but they have more manners and class than others. I work in retail so I interact with the local population daily.

[@jesuschrist8883]

@waitaminute2015 if you're an illegal immigrant... you're already a criminal by breaking the law coming here illegally so 100% of illegals are criminals

[@blazekush7]

@@waitaminute2015ur case is rare 😂😂😂😂 Mexican here

[@dannnyjos]

That Gillespie guy keeps conflating immigrants with illegal immigrants.

[@_aPaladin]

that's because he know's he has no grounds to stand on. That's why disingenuous guy and him, kept conflating the two.

[@TickleMeChelmno]

So called legal immigrants are worse. I’m gonna call you shills out every time. Stop it

[@justinstokes8025]

He’s a moron

[@Theogvineofthedead]

He is a horrible representation of libertarian philosophy. They should have gotten dave smith on. He would have been against open borders and explain why in a way more intelligible than Ann Coulter ever could. She is a xenophobe and annoying The real rothbardian/libertarian argument against illegal immigration is property rights.

[@aprilrawls5162]

Exactly

[@RorysonTV]

Let's make a deal, for every progressive you ship to gaza you can let in an immigrant who wants to be here.

[@lolalopez7657]

That sounds like a great plan! I would gladly do that exchange!!!

[@Full_Speed_Ahead]

Top plan so far

[@C4OFUNITX]

why would you utter something like that ? you people are partisan asf

[@Necrobutcher82]

​@@C4OFUNITXwill start with you.

[@einnAnnie]

​@@C4OFUNITX Progressives are far more anti-America than they are pro-America, and they certainly wouldn't put the same effort into standing up for America as they do standing up for Palestine, and despite their constant complaints about what they perceive to be racism, homophobia, xenophobia, islamophobia in America, they care not one bit about ACTUAL homophobia, racism, and anti-Semitism in Palestine. So, since so many progressives have a much deeper sense of loyalty and affection for Palestine than the US, exchanging them for people who have a we we of loyalty and affection for the US is a win for everybody.

[@nancyhanscom1374]

One guy that says " food is cheap" ? He must have a lot of money!!

[@Joe-pc3hs]

Whats so controversial about enacting what every other nation does in regard to their borders.

[@Owenalpe]

this is a global problem - all western countries are being flooded

[@doncholio4108]

Not every Nation, look at Europe. We are f....

[@Owenalpe]

@@doncholio4108 Europe is being flooded by migrants from all sides in all ways

[@keredeht]

@@doncholio4108 They are F.... pretty much unrecoverable for them because they no longer have a violet solution, as they gave up their guns to their govt that wants to destroy their countries.

[@AgueroNain]

Thank you!!!!!! Bingo!!!!!!

[@jameswhittom22]

I just started but 100% expect Cenk to say racism.

[@chiefswife1212]

Yep, he hates America!!! Why he's not in Turkey confuses EVERYONE😂😂😂😂😂

[@nusadua9458]

Deport Cenk

[@The_outdoors1998]

The fact that Cenk thought he could beat joe rogan in a fight, makes it hard for me to take anything he says seriously

[@kailaleebabineau3962]

No discussion on the housing shortage? That's a massive variable in this debate

[@_aPaladin]

as well free housing, travel, and monthly spending money per person.

[@bperez8656]

It’s always the poor Americans that suffer when illegal immigrants flood in

[@mugs8306]

If they'd had another hour they could have covered a lot more ground. It was a great debate, but it should have been 2 hours. Way too important an issue to cram into just one hour.

[@rustyshackleford8370]

I wish they would discuss the hazard of wealthy influential immigrants pressuring US military action and other foreign policy. Ex. Cuba, Israel, WW1

[@skip031890]

​​@@bperez8656 It's not just illegal immigration. All immigration contributes to the housing shortage. That's why rents are so high.

[@johnchen3154]

I am watching this because of Ann Coulter

[@johnhummer2809]

The Turk...Yeah hired and paid minimum wages to his employees while he raked in 6 figures doing paperwork 😢😢😢

[@cerberus8666]

I'm so sick of him and all the rest calling themselves one of us.

[@missmelis7260]

Who’s them? As a Native American… you sound like a “them”. Them hateful people who need to hate somebody to blame their misery on.

[@TickleMeChelmno]

missmelis7260 You nonwhites act like native Americans rolled out the red carpet for you when they despise you.

[@LabTech41]

Don't forget the fact that he's supposedly pro-union... except when he thwarted his own staff's effort to form a union. Cenk is hypocrisy defined.

[@MidWestCon]

Had to fast forward through everything Cenk said. He is such a clown. He brought up Trump so many times, he just cant help himself. He is obsessed with him.

[@AC-mp7cx]

ad hominem

[@TheControlBlue]

TDS is a serious predicament.

[@mouseutopiadystopia24601]

​@@AC-mp7cx You're ghey.

[@maxx_thedragondominator]

Had to fast forward through everything Ann Coulter said. All she did was demagogue and spew racist stuff.

[@justlina2769]

Everyone with TDS is.

[@AltF-dl2ks]

Only here for ann coulter. Every time she starts gaining momentum they cut her off or say we're low on time

[@BambooScar]

She had the worst set of arguments

[@suzannefarrington4143]

Momentum to lie and make ridiculous statements. We can't remain a force in modern society if we wall ourselves off and become the GOP's Handmaid's Tale dystopian fantasy.

[@yayano8415]

It’s amazing hearing someone make an argument for illegal immigration.

[@butterball_]

Yes, we need more bodies. Population fall is our biggest threat

[@einnAnnie]

​@@butterball_Our biggest economic threat or our biggest 'some other' threat? America did just fine with 50M, 100M citizens, so why would a reduction in population pose a threat to us today? Plus, if you're concerned about climate change, a reduction in CO2-producing, fossil fuel-burning, food-wasting humans might be the only thing that can SAVE the planet and all its inhabitants.

[@skip031890]

​@@butterball_ I bet you're one of the people who complain about the high cost of living, but don't see the stupidity in your statement about "more bodies". 🙄

[@fafolaw]

Literally no one did that.

[@simgrmehmej8075]

@@butterball_Get an original thought, not a worthless slogan from someone else

[@jaialaiwarrior]

If people around the world want to live like Americans then they can implement policies that work like ours do. I'm sick of America having to be a literal salvation for everyone. Taking everyone in disincentives against the changes that other countries should make - for the sake of peace as well as their own prosperity.

[@TheControlBlue]

America meddled in everyone else trying to do that. The US Intelligentsia spent the last half-century bringing down anyone that would threaten the position of the US as the global hegemon, *even their allies*. If America actually lived up to its values the world would be a better place for everyone..

[@amythompson6431]

Actually, all the developed countries are ahead of the U.S. in most things, except military might and incarcerations. They even have more freedoms and better democracies. The U.S. sucks, thanks to conservative ideology. People come here because we are a huge country with more opportunities.

[@jaialaiwarrior]

@@amythompson6431 they certainly don't have freer speech or rights to self-defense. Their infrastructure is often better though and their parliaments more responsive to the minutiae of QOL issues. But all of that is irrelevant to immigration. They have less room for more immigrants but tighter-knit societies that are even more easily disrupted by too many third-world entrants, especially when they come from societies that hate the West and our values but want to take us over nonetheless. In that regard Europe and America are experiencing similar challenges vis-a-vis how transformed they want to be into societies that value neither the Protestant work ethic nor Western morality.

[@ChadPatten-c5z]

@amythompson6431 You’re a brainwashed liar 🙄

[@GokuX2024]

@@amythompson6431then why do they leave and come to America if they have more freedom and suck less? America is great we’re slipping a little with the men in women’s sports and a few other things, but it won’t last it’s just a speed bump. If you listen to the legal people who came from communist countries they will tell you, you don’t know how good you got it. Our biggest problem is all the weak spoiled whiny people who demand respect and are disrespectful. They hate America and want everyone to bend to their will.

[@alexsong3597]

Cent’s logic does not work out

[@explore-n]

why there's a microphone in front of Cenk Uygur?? he makes no sense

[@le832]

He never does

[@empyrean9712]

All America is made up of is cultural appropriation and assimilation. Thanksgiving that Americans so adore the food associated with it are from the Natives from the Squash, Turkey, including Tobacco. Let’s not try to revise history.

[@hawkychg3930]

To you maybe but to the majority he is reasonable and sensible man!

[@explore-n]

Really?? Read the rest of the comments here, pretty much everyone thinks he's an idiot

[@kriptdawg9398]

@@hawkychg3930the majority?? What?

[@ishmael_03]

America must shut its southern border down!

[@butterball_]

No. We need more bodies. Population decline is going to be Americas downfall

[@ca8944]

Northern too!

[@juanmarin4198]

it is already shut go to mexico and try to come illegally i dare you

[@ca8944]

@@juanmarin4198 lies

[@QUEENSBRIDGE_10TH_ST231]

Why not the northern border as well? 🤔 Don’t bother answering, all of us non racists know why….

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

The problem with illegal immigration is not immigration, but illegal. Make it easier to make it legal.

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

Yes close the border and have a moratorium for the next 50 years.

[@certifiedlb3451]

Why do you want to harm our economy?

[@somaliagainstpanafricanism4865]

@@certifiedlb3451 Stop it. We have automation and AI to replace illegals. We need to figure this immigration thing out.

[@mouseutopiadystopia24601]

​@@certifiedlb3451 Divorces and car accidents can increase GDP. The economy can be measured many ways, and it is a means to an end, not an end itself. Closing the border to immigrants would not significantly harm the economy in terms of GDP, but it would help the native-born Americans in economic terms as well as social capital.

[@Vitalism563]

@@certifiedlb3451why do you want to harm low wage Americans?

[@certifiedlb3451]

@@Vitalism563 Find me the economic studies that support what you just said. You can’t. There are some studies that suggest possible downward pressure on wages for the absolute lowest earners and least educated. Something like 90% of Americans benefit and the entire economy grows because of immigration. Stick to the cultural arguments. You don’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to economics

[@dalevintage]

This isn't a debate. At least it shouldn't be one...CLOSE THE BORDERS. Aren't aprx 10mil having entered by this point enough?!?!?!??! It's ILLEGAL for them to cross. Period. The government is CHOOSING not to follow the law.

[@fabjtown1]

You obviously don’t know the laws. You really are the dumbest people alive. It’s exhausting.

[@thegreatness7043]

The people for open borders would be the first to build a wall if their jobs were taken and their neighborhood was flooded.

[@le832]

Respect for Bari Weiss!

[@TickleMeChelmno]

You’re done

[@bperez8656]

She’s an authoritarian cancel culture vulture She’s a hypocrite

[@cameroneagle4370]

Are you hitting on Bari? She already has a wife

[@suzannefarrington4143]

She cares too much about audience reaction, even if it's for fact-free statements.

[@timentry8676]

Ann Coulter is absolutely brilliant! She has the most foresight of any of the panelists.

[@suzannefarrington4143]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@LY-qv1np]

Immigration is not the issue. It is the volume the Immigration Department is unable to cope.

[@anglomik]

It's also the destruction of the legal process. Can't have illegals coming in PERIOD!

[@kerribowser6495]

Sohrab Ahmari wins the debate with me. Great debate. I subscribed!

[@ciaronsmith4995]

Why are Iranians so smart? Underrated people. This Sohrab guy destroyed everyone on stage. I swear, every Persian guy I've met is just super smart.

[@bperez8656]

Hard workers too Great entrepreneurial culture

[@ADanZLife]

Because he came with facts and evidence. What's sad is that he showed how people used to care about the working class in America, but now it's all about the elites and they have thrown the American people under the bus.

[@simgrmehmej8075]

This must have been posted before the recent events involving a one Eli Copter.

[@ciaronsmith4995]

@@simgrmehmej8075 That's a fake Israeli story. You realize that right?

[@bs431980]

By far the best on stage

[@MrBobconner1952]

What an excellent debate. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the presidential debates were as concise and informative???? Thanks Free Press - simply awesome

[@chadyoung6884]

Concise is not so great. There needs to be long form long answer presidential debates.

[@danielbrilliant3532]

Very proud to have been on Sohrab's high school debate team. He's doing us proud on that stage.

[@olympiashorts]

This kind of content is sorely needed these days. I follow a lot of controversial issues via MSM, Substack, Podcasts and “X” and this is the first real debate (as opposed to yelling, screaming and ad hominem attacks) that I have found in a long time. I would love it if this could continue as a regular series. Topics such as trans participation in sports, police shootings, homelessness, racism etc. are just some of the issues that would benefit from this kind of format. Keep up the great work.

[@zyzzer]

Why do you say "X" in quotation marks as if X doesn't actually exist? Lol

[@grannymonday]

100% We need more non partisan single issue debates like this!

[@lucasthesatilliteguy]

The left will never allow it. They lose terribly every time there isn't partisan control over the discussion.

[@stacypastry2440]

Cenk is not a serious person. He's overly emotional

[@amythompson6431]

Gee, he made a lot of sense, especially about no terrorist attacks, but mass murders done by U.S. citizens? Do you know how to think? Nope..bet you're a con...duh

[@Str8Rippin93]

Virtue signalling

[@hs-fu6qt]

Overly fed as well

[@Flmom15]

Why is this even a debate? What is the point of even having borders

[@UserBDXYZ]

Ann is excellent here. Good for her.

[@bperez8656]

She’s incendiary and a sarcastic asshole. But she’s also - intelligent - well studied - RIGHT ON THE FACTS

[@bperez8656]

According to RFK JR We’ve had 10 million illegals come thru in the Biden era We are fucked !!!

[@GenXgirl969]

It’s 30m not 10

[@joefox7683]

"According to RFK JR..." not a good start to making a point

[@GokuX2024]

Oh yeah we will be paying for this one for a while. It’ll take a while to expand for the increase in population, and just pray for no terrorist attacks.

[@bloodshot3697]

Cenk was running for President. Can you imagine him debating Trump hahahaha

[@halflifeproductionz]

NO IMMIGRANTS ILLEGAL OR LEGAL

[@beejcarson]

A nation that exists solely because of immigration should ban immigrants…lol.

[@bperez8656]

Agreed. RFK JR noted we’ve had 10 million immigrants flood in during the Biden era!!! It’s insane We are 1,000% losing our country And our public schools are becoming third world hellholes!!! 1,000,000 limit annually 50% brain drain of the smartest around the world 50% asylum seekers and that’s IT!!!

[@vv-fd7dv]

Look at who’s running the most relevant American companies. Legal qualified immigration is VERY different than illegal immigration.

[@bs431980]

@@vv-fd7dvgreat but stop it now.

[@jacoberinc]

​@@vv-fd7dvTrue, but we have allowed 10 times more immigration over the last few years legal or otherwise than we should have. So a 10 year halt on immigration makes sense, time enough to deport or assimilate the many millions of immigrants already here. Once we have solved our immigration issue, built more housing, improved the economic situation of our lower and middle classes. Once we have helped those already here. Then we can start bringing in highly skilled immigrants into the country.

[@robinpowell4398]

Yes. Full stop. It should.

[@yj9032]

no, it shouldn't. who are you to decide that

[@tylershannon6593]

​@@yj9032bUt mUH nO hOoMaN iS iLlEgAl

[@joegalley2187]

@@yj9032we’re voters. We have an absolute right to determine by popular will who has a right to enter OUR country. You can eat my whole ass if you don’t like it.

[@certifiedlb3451]

There’s no economic, sociological, or political reason to do that but ok

[@tylershannon6593]

@@certifiedlb3451 there is. Just look at what this has done to cities like Chicago and NYC? There is a carrying capacity, we could handle a slow, steady trickle of immigrants, but this bumrush is quite obviously not sustainable. It's not out of empathy, Democrats are virtue signaling sycophants executing their plan to use these to-be abused workers as a voting block, to create a single party state. Single party Democrat policy domination has failed inner cities for decades. The inner city black folks are the ones whose wages will be subverted. And then Democrats will pander to them once again before the election, and once again, the vast majority of them will remain on the Democrat plantation. Biden's admin is a historic failure on most fronts, and when Trump takes office in January, you'll know exactly why. America-loving Americans, the ones who used to control society, are taking back the reigns of government.

[@marshallmccord1352]

Bari Weiss' public speaking skills are incredible.

[@TheNancypoo]

Ann Counter rules!!!🇺🇸

[@hawkychg3930]

Well, you are white supremacy then right?

[@suzannefarrington4143]

She wishes to. 👑🤢

[@Anp562]

Anti Immigration activists say harsh but true words Pro immigration activists say emotional but untrue words

[@ddhqj2023]

Maybe you just don't understand the facts behind the pro-immigrant facts.

[@rogerward801]

​@@ddhqj2023Very few are against LEGAL immigration. It's about controlled immigration

[@ddhqj2023]

@@rogerward801 The thing to remember is at the southern border, the rules do say (I believe) that if they present themselves at a crossing, they can seek asylum. And Republicans don't even want that happening.

[@rogerward801]

@@ddhqj2023 Claiming asylum and qualifying are different. Most don't qualify

[@ddhqj2023]

@@rogerward801 The point is, they aren't all illegally coming in. But Republicans pretend they are.

[@MicheleHerman-kq4ll]

The border needs shut

[@user-pz1bc9bc6o]

Ann is Boss + far more educated than this panel shut the borders !

[@floydamide]

ive heard better logic from a monkey

[@phillybeccio2782]

Her family got off a boat from Europe

[@IIllIIllIIllIIll]

0:00 Atmosphere 4:25 Bari Weiss Introduction 13:09 Participants 16:12 First Audience Poll 17:43 Ann Coulter 23:56 Nick Gillespie 30:24 Sohrab Ahmari 35:34 Cenk Uygur 42:15 Rebuttals, Discussion 1:18:59 Cenk Uygur Closing 1:21:39 Sohrab Ahmari Closing 1:24:12 Nick Gillespie Closing 1:26:33 Ann Coulter Closing 1:31:08 Second Audience Poll

[@monkadayle3819]

You are a rockstar-

[@watevatube]

How many cartel members and violent criminals are we willing to take in so a few can become millionaires..?

[@reallll2778]

This was a great debate! We need more of this people who disagree should be able to sit down and talk it out.

[@madeintexas1213]

I could Listen to debates like this all day long I hope they plan on doing more.

[@The8bitFighter]

Ann recommending Camp of the Saints... love it!

[@hpmoon]

17:23 This is where you'll want to skip ahead to, avoiding an incredibly drawn-out/repetitive introduction/promo (but she does a great job moderating eventually)

[@Zayphar]

A 10-year pause on asymum claims seems reasonable.

[@bperez8656]

And a massive deportation of at least 10 million immigrants

[@bperez8656]

RFK Jr noted we’ve had almost 10 million immigrants flood in during the Biden era It’s insane!!!!

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Agreed.

[@cameroneagle4370]

30 years

[@debbytennis]

Ann Coulter rocks her final statement. Sohrab was pragmatic and laid out his case perfectly.

[@johnanthony9923]

If you ever find yourself watching a debate with Cenk Uygur......get a hobby or something. Do ANYTHING else with your time.

[@bigrob1887]

Funny how facts make people feel uncomfortable.

[@carywooster2538]

​@@bigrob1887 People = Cenk and all other idiots

[@johnhummer2809]

Welfare and Disability....Both needs more regulations

[@sisyphus883]

Not once in there did I hear a legitimate reason to just leave the Border wide open. Nobody even argued that Leave It Wide Open

[@suzannefarrington4143]

Because it is not and never has been. It's a talking point for the right.

[@jedlittle8613]

Cenk makes a lot of sense to voters like me. I’m a five year old illegal immigrant and I’m not sure what happened ten minutes ago.

[@pdcdesign9632]

You must be from Mississippi 😅

[@Paintballguru92]

I’ll be real, you had me in the first half.

[@anglomik]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaialaiwarrior]

Would we prefer the rest of the world function like we do or to make our country more like the rest of the world? Open borders favors the latter.

[@nexcon_comics]

cenk looks like the turkish peter griffin

[@bjkarana]

As a white guy, that first 19 seconds can make literally _any_ topic sound nostalgic and patriotic.

[@florencerobie6641]

THERE SHOULD BE NOOOOO QUESTION ABOUT THIS!!!! NO OTHER COUNTRY OPENS ITS BORDERS FREELY!!!!

[@Foolofatook889]

When you consider that Cenk said he wants to legalize sex with animals, everything else that comes out of his mouth makes more sense.

[@SuitAndTieNoPants]

Can't blame him for feeling that way, it has to be pretty hard for him to get women to sleep with him if they have to worry about going to jail 🤭

[@Foolofatook889]

@@SuitAndTieNoPants 😂

[@anglomik]

Well said!

[@Morrigan24]

I loved how Bari kept them from jumping at each others throats hehe

[@angehs7647]

I wonder how many of the audience were like me thinking “closing the border” means closing our southern border to prevent illegal immigration. After watching the debate it seems that the participants of the debate did not have the same understand of the question as I do.

[@Ca55per]

This second speaker is a real piece of work. He's arguing something completely contrary to the topic at hand and then comparing flat numbers against percentages, whichever fits the point he's trying to make.

[@MyTruth1771]

Foundational Black Americans are not immigrants

[@badasslove]

You have to understand that we don't exist to these people they are descendants of immigrants they are the Immigrant class in this country this is the process of the Erasure of our existence notice she acknowledged from her perspective that wasp where the original Americans to her our history doesn't exist this is why is foundational black American Freedman ADOS we have to make our existence known we have to fortify our culture or identity and move politically When We're undeniable

[@ShockwaveSoundwave-z2m]

Yes they are . They came by ships

[@RorysonTV]

what the hell is a foundational black american? a made up term by Tariq nasheed?

[@MyTruth1771]

@user-gu8fg7ft5b an immigrant, is a person who comes to live in a new country. Slaves were legal property. As legal property, my enslaved ancestors were IMPORTED like any other imported property. As another example, horses (live property) did not migrate to the Americas, they were imported. In the same way slaves did not migrate. This sounds inhumane because it was inhumane and yes, evil. Even Native Americans originally were immigrants, not the enslaved.

[@ShockwaveSoundwave-z2m]

@@MyTruth1771 what ever legal status they had, they came from another continent. So they migrated. More accuracally forced migration, because of the African kingdom wars.

[@seanneumann5790]

Military age Chinese nationals is maybe the greatest threat and it was barely touched on.

[@Mrmaniqs]

Sorab was the man of the debate. Facts facts and more facts. The others are all emotionally involved

[@mugs8306]

Ann Coulter was good too. She really knows her stuff. She can just quote it from memory. She wasn't emotional at all, just cool and well armed with facts, and common sense.

[@20Schmidt]

There's a reason why vast majority of nations have strict immigration laws on books...and take who enters seriously.

[@thetoddperspective]

Came to the comments for the Cenk roast

[@apemancommeth8087]

Close em!

[@paulbadics3500]

The question should clarify "to illegal migration"..."legal" immigration is a different issue