Immigration: Cachez ce chez nous que je ne saurai voir ! (Migrants use children as human shields and critics distort reality and history and guess who gets blamed ?)

jcdurbant

Two children detained by the Border Patrol in a holding cell in Nogales, Ariz. This image has been widely shared on social media in recent days, offered as an example of the Trump administration’s cruel policies toward immigrants, but in fact the picture was taken in 2014.

Do not send your children to the borders. If they do make it, they’ll get sent back. Obama (2014)

We have to send a clear message, just because your child gets across the border, that doesn’t mean the child gets to stay. So, we don’t want to send a message that is contrary to our laws or will encourage more children to make that dangerous journey. Hillary Clinton (2014)

Protecting children at the border is complicated because there have, indeed, been instances of fraud. Tens of thousands of migrants arrive there every year, and those with children in tow are often released into…

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