Posted on 06/17/2018 7:25:43 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Obama administration officials are rushing to explain photos from 2014 that went viral this weekend showing locked-up immigrant children
Several 2014 photos of detained immigrant children resurfaced on Twitter over the weekend and went viral.
Former Obama administration officials tried to explain the context behind the photos, which appeared to show migrant kids locked up in cages.
The former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau had shared the images on Twitter, mistakenly believing they were taken during Donald Trump's presidency.
The former officials doubled down on their criticisms of Trump's immigration policies, and said the 2014 photos showed unaccompanied children the government had been attempting to place with family members. Several former Obama administration officials took to social media and news outlets on Tuesday 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 were first published by the Associated Press in 2014, resurfaced over the weekend 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 in outrage, mistakenly believing they depicted the Trump administration's treatment of immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents.
Jon Favreau, who worked as a speechwriter for former President Barack Obama, tweeted, "This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible."
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
In this June 18, 2014 photo, two female detainees sleep in a holding cell, as the children are separated by age group and gender, at a US Customs and Border Protection center in Nogales, Arizona.
Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children were being processed and held at the CBP Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014
Young boys sleep in a holding cell at the Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014.
Where can I buy some of the foil sheets?
OMG! They’re wrapping migrant children in aluminum foil!
Soy lent green is people, it’s people!
Ah yes. “Context” is only for Democrats.
You have to be illegal, then you get them free.
The fencing may have been there to keep older males from preying on the young ones.
ping!
bfl
Like a Chipotle burrito.
"This is happening right now, and the only debate that matters is how we force our government to get these kids back to their families as fast as humanly possible."
How about deportation in hours rather than months or years. You wouldn't even need to take the kids out of the building.
0bamaites are russian?
What does Pooty-poot have to say?
Jon Favreau ignorantly exposed 0zero for the frauds they are.
Explain??
There’s NOTHING to explain here. The blatant LIES that these cretins and their media sycophants have tried to misconstrue EXPLAIN THEMSELVES.
Just like burritos...
I agree. These kids, or even adults, should be Mexico’s problem, not ours. I don’t care which country they came from, if they travelled through Mexico they’re Mexico’s problem. Mexico would stop and turn them back at their own borders then, instead of helping them get through the country.
foil blankets look up first aid supplies
Oh, gee, they are rushing to explain the context behind the photos. I am more interested in the context behind their explanations for the context of the photos. But not by much.
Warming blankets? Amazon. You can find a lot of things on Amazon you can’t find in a brick and mortar store. I just ordered a Dry Eye USB Mask to treat it. The 1 the Cornea doc recommended was a piece of CRAP, they didn’t read the Reviews, I DO. Heat settings, timer, moist or dry heat, recommended for Sjoren’s patients, they have lots of dry mucous membrane issues. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075S3SNGZ/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&th=1
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.