The Media Are Lying About Trump Separating Illegal Immigrant Families. Here's The Truth.

Published: Friday, June 29th, 2018 @ 8:28 pm
By: Daily Wire ( More Entries )

    Publisher's note: This informational nugget was sent to me by Ben Shapiro, who represents the Daily Wire, and since this is one of the most topical news events, it should be published on BCN.

    Over the weekend, the media went insane over the supposed Trump administration policy of separating illegal immigrant parents from their children. According to the media, Trump could with one quick fix simply prevent the separation of children from their parents; according to the media, all Trump has to do is wave his magic wand, and all will be well.

    This is a lie.

    More specifically, it's several lies.

    1. Trump Created Separation Of Children From Illegal Immigrant Parents. This is plainly false. In 1997, the federal government made an agreement in a case called Flores not to keep unaccompanied illegal immigrant children in custody beyond 20 days. The settlement said nothing about accompanied illegal immigrant children - children who crossed the border with their parents. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals then ruled that accompanied children also could not be held in custody under the terms of the settlement. This meant that the government either had to release whole families, or that the government had to separate parents from children.

    2. Immigrants Seeking Asylum Are Being Punished For Seeking Asylum. This is plainly untrue as well. Immigrants who come to points of entry to seek asylum aren't actually illegally in the country - they're not arrested. They're processed through ICE, and their children stay with them. If, however, illegal immigrants cross the border illegally, the Trump administration now treats them as criminals. If they choose deportation, they aren't separated from their kids; if they choose to apply for asylum, they stay in the country longer than 20 days, and their kids have to be removed by operation of law.

    3. The Trump Facilities Are Awful Thanks To Trump. They may be awful, but they were just as awful under President Obama. These are pictures from Brandon Darby of Breitbart circa 2014:

    Brandon Darby    @brandondarby

    Re: "Cages" -- The chainlink partitions in the holding facilities at border are the exact same ones we showed you during the Obama Admin. Why didn't you care then? Cc @joelpollak

    Brandon Darby    @brandondarby

    Image #1 we showed you in 2014 pic.twitter.com/GHYfs4a7sO

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