Conservative Host Turns Tables On CNN Panelist Who Compares Illegal Immigration To Getting DUI

Conservative radio host Ben Ferguson fired back at former Univision anchor Maria Elena Salinas on Monday after she compared illegal 🛂Immigration to driving under the influence (DUI).

Salinas claimed on “CNN NewsNight” that entering the U.S. without the proper documentation is not a crime, even though federal law prohibits such entry without the permission of an 🛂Immigration officer or a proper inspection. After she said that entering the U.S. illegally is simply a misdemeanor akin to a DUI, Ferguson argued that both a DUI and crossing the border illegally are still a violation of the nation’s laws.

“It is a misdemeanor just like a DUI is a misdemeanor,” Salinas said.

“ get hit by a drunk driver and died. Don’t tell me that’s a misdemeanor when he crashed my family over going 100 miles per hour. I’m sorry, if you want to say that a DUI is somehow a misdemeanor and we should treat it like it’s not committing a criminal act, you said it’s a misdemeanor like it’s the same thing. It’s still breaking the law,” Ferguson said.

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Salinas argued that crossing the border illegally after having previously been deported is a crime, but that committing that criminal act does not make them rapists or murderers. She then falsely said that President Donald Trump said they will only deport violent criminals, though he said his administration will first prioritize deporting these types of people.

Under U.S. Code § 1325, any person who enters or attempts to enter the U.S. “at any time or place other than as designated