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She Became a Face of Family Separation at the Border. But She’s Still With Her Mother.
NY Times (believe it or not) ^ | June 22, 2018 | Laura M. Holson and Sandra E. Garcia

Posted on 06/23/2018 12:15:50 AM PDT by McGruff

The photograph of a Honduran toddler, sobbing as she stares up at her mother, became a symbol of outrage this week at the Trump administration’s practice of separating children and parents detained for illegally crossing the border.

But the child’s father, reached by phone in Honduras on Friday, told The New York Times that the mother and daughter were in fact never separated after being stopped at the border, and that they remain detained together in a family residential center in Texas.

In a front-page caption published June 14 with a similar photo from a series by John Moore of Getty Images, The Times said only that the girl was crying while her mother was searched. The family’s status and whereabouts could not be determined.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: immigration
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To: McGruff

Yeah - NYT calling out Time for fake news is the proverbial pot calling the kettle black.


21 posted on 06/23/2018 6:16:10 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: BeauBo

Where is the Elián González picture?


22 posted on 06/23/2018 6:27:12 AM PDT by Western Phil
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So who gets to keep the $8.5 million this photo raised?

And why didn't I think of setting up a gofundme account?

23 posted on 06/23/2018 6:35:09 AM PDT by Drew68
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