"Summary of eRumor:
"As part of its “zero tolerance” policy on illegal immigration, the Trump administration holds immigrant children in cages after separating them from their parents.
"The Truth:
"There are many questions about the Trump administration’s use of detention centers to hold immigrant children. One of the most potent claims has been that immigrant children are held in cages.
"Based on first-person accounts and historical records, chain-link enclosures similar to cages are used to separate children during processing at at least one U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facility. It’s not clear how long children are held there for processing. However, that facility was in use in 2014, before Trump took office. Given that, we’re calling this one “mostly truth” and “misleading.' ” . . .
"Based on first-person accounts and historical records, chain-link enclosures similar to cages are used to separate children during processing at at least one U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facility. It’s not clear how long children are held there for processing. However, that facility was in use in 2014, before Trump took office. Given that, we’re calling this one “mostly truth” and “misleading.' ” . . .
. . . "So, it’s true that at least one CBP processing facility uses fence-like enclosures. However, that facility was in use before Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy. And other CBP detention facilities are operated as licensed child care centers. Given all that, we’re calling this one “mostly truth” and “misleading.' ”
Obama officials rushed to explain photos from 2014 that went viral showing locked-up immigrant children — and Trump's facilities look the same
Obama officials rushed to explain photos from 2014 that went viral showing locked-up immigrant children — and Trump's facilities look the same
. . . "Several former Obama administration officials took to social media and news outlets last month to explain a gallery of years-old photos that showed immigrant children sleeping in shoddy conditions at a government-run holding facility in Arizona.
"The images, which the Associated Press first published in 2014, resurfaced recently for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.
"A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents." . . .
PHOTOS: Are Immigrant Children Being Held in Cages at Border?
About some cage photos: . . . “They were taken by Ross D. Franklin, a photographer from The Associated Press, at a centre run by the Customs and Border Protection Agency in Nogales, Ariz,” reported Globelnews.ca. Trump also tweeted in late May about the 2014 photos, writing, “Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages. They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires. Dems must agree to Wall and new Border Protection for good of country…Bipartisan Bill!”
"The images, which the Associated Press first published in 2014, resurfaced recently for reasons that remain unclear, and quickly prompted viral outrage on Twitter. One particularly disturbing image showed two children sleeping on mattresses on the floor inside what appeared to be a cage.
"A number of prominent liberals — and even a former Obama administration official — shared the photos, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents." . . .
PHOTOS: Are Immigrant Children Being Held in Cages at Border?
About some cage photos: . . . “They were taken by Ross D. Franklin, a photographer from The Associated Press, at a centre run by the Customs and Border Protection Agency in Nogales, Ariz,” reported Globelnews.ca. Trump also tweeted in late May about the 2014 photos, writing, “Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages. They thought it was recent pictures in order to make us look bad, but backfires. Dems must agree to Wall and new Border Protection for good of country…Bipartisan Bill!”
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