When Republicans and conservatives complain of media bias, they are often brushed aside with a countercharge that they’re retailing a cliché, or else are met with mockery or outright denial. But some bias is so blatant that continued complaints are justified. An especially egregious example is the media’s treatment of immigration, specifically on the present crisis at the southern border and the surge of illegal and unauthorized migration across it.

Few issues have been as controversial under President Trump. Between the rhetoric of “Build The Wall!” and “Abolish ICE!” lies a broad expanse, reflecting huge differences about what the problem is and who is at fault. In place of consensus building, advocates sling epithets and hyperbole at opponents in service to their respective causes. Trump has led the assault on immigration, both legal and illegal, and repeatedly uses sweeping statements to make the case that “rarely have we had such a national emergency.” His opponents fire back with charges of abuse and crimes against humanity, and often fulfill Godwin’s law by suggesting, at lightning speed, that the president and his supporters are tantamount to Nazis.