{"id":2037803,"date":"2023-09-19T18:04:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T18:07:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T22:07:34","slug":"biden-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden splits border families, media unconcerned."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2037803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Migrant Children\u2064 Separated from\u200d Parents at Southern Border, Media Downplays Biden&#8217;s Role<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Migrant children as young\u2063 as \u20638 \u200dwere\u200c separated from their parents \u200cat the southern border this summer, an inspector said on Friday. The mainstream media\u2014which savaged \u2062former President Donald Trump&#8217;s separation of migrant families in the strongest terms\u2014hardly bothered\u200d to report the news.<\/p>\n<p>The coverage, or \u2063lack thereof, fits with a general shift in the \u2064media&#8217;s characterization of immigration enforcement.\u2064 What \u200dwas senseless cruelty by Trump is Biden doing the best he\u200c can under impossible circumstances. Never mind that Biden&#8217;s policies helped create the ongoing migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now<\/strong>: Most major news outlets simply ignored the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/border-patrol-separated-immigrant-families-this-summer-a-practice-biden-once-called-abhorrent\/\">revelation<\/a>, in a filing by federal court monitor \u200bDr. Paul Wise, that children at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection holding \u2064facility were separated from their parents\u200b for up\u2062 to four days this summer. Outlets that did cover \u2062the report tended to emphasize, starting in the headline, that the family separations \u2063were the result of &#8220;overcrowding&#8221; and other &#8220;challenges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/16\/politics\/migrant-children-separated-families-border-patrol\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/16\/politics\/migrant-children-separated-families-border-patrol\/index.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CNN<\/a>\u2014&#8221;Border Authorities Separated Some\u200d Migrant Families Amid \u200bOvercrowding in Facilities,\u200d Report Says&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The filing, which is part of a \u200byears-long court case, underscores the humanitarian\u200b and logistical challenges facing the Biden administration following an increase in migrant families crossing the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/migrant-children-separated-parents-u-s-border-agents-overcrowding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/migrant-children-separated-parents-u-s-border-agents-overcrowding\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CBS<\/a>\u2014&#8221;US Border Agents Are Separating Migrant Children From Their Parents To Avoid Overcrowding, Inspector Finds&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The report&#8217;s findings illustrate \u2063the operational and humanitarian challenges faced by Border Patrol due to a recent spike in\u200c migrant crossings along the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/border-patrol-temporarily-separated-families-summer-court-filing-says-rcna105524\">NBC News<\/a>&#8216;s report was perhaps the least sympathetic and most damning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Border\u2062 Patrol Temporarily Separated Families This Summer, Court Filing Says<\/p>\n<p>A \u200cCBP official who wasn\u2019t able to\u200d give\u200b exact numbers for how many families \u2063have \u2062been separated by the Biden\u200c administration said the practice could still be happening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, NBC, like its peers, \u200bmade sure to pooh-pooh any comparison between the Biden-era\u200d family separations and Trump&#8217;s infamous policy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The families Wise documented were only temporarily separated while they were in CBP custody,\u200c which typically lasts only \u2062a few \u2064days because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/\" title=\"Biden splits border families, media unconcerned.\">federal court order requiring<\/a> their release within 72 hours. The Trump administration, on the other hand, separated families in CBP custody and then sent the \u2064children to shelters run by Health \u200band Human \u2064Services with no way for parents to learn where they were.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situations described within the report are \u2062completely different from previous policies of\u200c separating \u200dfamilies,&#8221; the CBP spokesperson \u200badded. &#8220;CBP is committed to family unity: Our policies prioritize the\u2063 safety and wellbeing of children and ensure that families are \u200creleased out of CBP custody together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>None of the outlets mentioned that as a candidate Biden called\u200d Trump\u2019s family separations &#8220;unconscionable&#8221; and &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; or that \u2064migrant detention facilities are overcrowded because the president has overseen \u200ba historic surge in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>In general, the media have covered \u2062the migrant crisis under Biden as \u200dsomething that is \u200chappening to him.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/09\/05\/biden-migrant-crisis-political-disaster\">Axios<\/a><\/em>, Sept. 5\u2014&#8221;Blue State Migrant Crisis Sparks Political Disaster for Biden&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Why it matters: President Biden is stuck between growing calls to\u2063 help the Democratic-controlled cities, the politics of the vulnerable issue and what the administration \u2063views as legal handcuffs prohibiting much action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2023\/08\/31\/border-families-record-crossings-biden\/\">Washington\u2062 Post<\/a><\/em>, \u2062Aug. 31\u2014&#8221;Families Crossing US\u2062 Border Illegally Reached All-Time High in August&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Record numbers of migrant families streamed across the U.S.-Mexico border in August, according to preliminary \u2064data \u200dobtained by the \u200b <em>Washington Post<\/em>,\u200d an influx that has upended Biden administration efforts to discourage parents from entering illegally with\u200c children and could once again place immigration in the spotlight during a presidential race.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.nytimes.com\/f\/a\/OAtTf66Q2vM_mSqSj4XMmg~~\/AAAAAQA~\/RgRm6_7gP0ThaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubmV3eW9ya2VyLmNvbS9tYWdhemluZS8yMDIzLzA2LzE5L2JpZGVucy1kaWxlbW1hLWF0LXRoZS1ib3JkZXI_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIzMDkxOSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDMxMDEmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD0xNTE4NjUwOTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDUxMTkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTg3NDk1MDVmYWI4YzBlOWE0MDA2ZjRjZmE4YzY1OGVmVwNueXRCCmT64HkJZTUTHeRSFmFuZHJld2p0b2JpbkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~?partner=slack&#038;smid=sl-share\">New Yorker<\/a>,<\/em> June 12\u2014&#8221;Biden&#8217;s Dilemma at the Border: America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">broken immigration system<\/a> has spawned a national fight, but Congress lacks the political will to fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Then: <\/strong>The media <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/10\/07\/politics\/trump-family-separation\/index.html\">showed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/latino\/bad-sheer-inhumanity-detention-conditions-migrants-worse-under-trump-advocates-n1025961\">much<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/25\/us\/politics\/border-funding-vote.html\">less<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2018\/12\/25\/sermon-president-trump-heard-christmas-eve-featured-cruel-emperor-migrants-seeking-refuge-hardest-years\/\">understanding<\/a> of the challenges Biden&#8217;s \u2063predecessor faced in addressing immigration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/07\/18\/743028537\/journalist-digs-into-years-of-corruption-dysfunction-at-border-protection-agency\">NPR<\/a>, July 18, 2019\u2014&#8221;Journalist Digs Into Years \u200bOf \u200bCorruption, Dysfunction At Border Protection Agency&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[Politico&#8217;s Garrett] Graff: I think that this is a very carefully designed crisis by the Trump administration. I think it\u2062 seems clear from everything that we have seen\u200b over the last\u200d three years that the \u2063cruelty at the border is the point of the \u200bTrump administration&#8217;s \u200dpolicy.<\/p>\n[NRP host]  Terry Gross: What&#8217;s the \u200cpoint of being cruel?<\/p>\n<p>Graff: It plays to what Trump sees as his base.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nor did Trump get credit for successfully, if sometimes brutally, containing the crisis \u200bthat Biden has since unleashed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump got a handle on the border, which in 2014 and\u200d again in 2019 had descended into chaos,&#8221; \u2064National<em> Review<\/em> editor Rich Lowry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joplinglobe.com\/opinion\/columns\/rich-lowry-bidens-unnecessary-border-crisis\/article_1fd254c4-7dd5-11eb-b222-a30d9bf06346.html\">wrote<\/a> in 2021, after Biden ended Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Remain in Mexico&#8221; policy and &#8220;safe third country&#8221; agreements to get asylum seekers to apply in Central America.\u200d &#8220;Call it what you \u200dwill, \u2062a crisis or a challenge or something else, but Biden is on a path to heedlessly repeat this experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday \u200cmorning, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1704151816290595061\">reported<\/a>, &#8220;The \u2063migrant crisis at\u200c the southern border\u200b is exploding once again,&#8221;\u2063 and Fox News&#8217;s Bill Melugin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1704127233579749734?s=20\">said<\/a> border encounters \u200bare\u2062 &#8220;astronomically high and are fast approaching the all time record numbers we saw in May.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How have Biden&#8217;s immigration policies contributed to the overcrowding\u2063 and logistical challenges at the border?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Mily separations and the \u2064Trump-era ones. They\u200b emphasized that \u2063the separations \u200cwere temporary and occurred due to overcrowding and logistical challenges.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200d it is true that overcrowding \u2063and logistical challenges have been ongoing issues at\u200c the border, it is important to acknowledge that Biden&#8217;s immigration policies \u2064have played a significant role in\u200b exacerbating these \u2062challenges. By reversing several of Trump&#8217;s policies that aimed \u2063to deter illegal immigration, such as the Remain in Mexico policy and the Migrant Protection Protocols, Biden has \u200dsent a message that the border is open and that illegal crossings will not be met with strong consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this has led to a surge in illegal immigration, particularly\u200c from Central American \u2062countries. Migrants, including families with young children, have been\u2064 emboldened to make \u200dthe dangerous journey to the United States, knowing that\u200b they have\u2062 a higher chance of being granted \u2062entry and released into the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has struggled to effectively\u200c manage this influx of migrants, resulting in \u2062overcrowded facilities\u2062 and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/head-of-u-s-border-patrol-expects-record-breaking-surge-of-migrants-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Head of U.S. Border Patrol Expects Record-Breaking Surge of Migrants at Southern Border\">strained immigration system<\/a>. \u200dTo cope with the overflow, children are being separated from their parents, albeit \u200btemporarily, as they are \u200bplaced in different \u2062facilities until their immigration cases can be processed.<\/p>\n<p>The media&#8217;s attempt to \u200bdownplay\u2064 Biden&#8217;s role in the family separations is a disservice to the public.\u2064 By glossing over the fact that\u200b his policies have directly contributed to the current crisis, \u200bthey are failing to provide accurate and comprehensive reporting on the situation at the border.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial that the \u200dmedia maintains its journalistic integrity and holds the Biden administration \u2064accountable for its \u200dactions and policies regarding\u200d immigration.\u200c The treatment of migrant children and families should not be \u2064used as \u200ca political tool or\u2062 be subject to media bias. All administrations, regardless of political affiliation, should be held to the same standards of transparency and accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the media&#8217;s lack of coverage on this issue raises questions about \u2063their objectivity and potential biases. If the same situation had occurred under Trump&#8217;s administration, it is unlikely that \u200bthe media would have been so quick to\u2063 overlook or downplay the family\u2062 separations.<\/p>\n<p>Migrant children being \u200cseparated from their parents \u2064is a humanitarian issue that deserves attention and scrutiny, regardless of who is in power. The media \u2063has a responsibility to provide accurate\u200d and unbiased reporting on this issue, and to \u200bhold \u200cthe Biden administration accountable for its role in the ongoing crisis at the southern border.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Migrant kids, aged 8 and below, were separated from parents at the border this summer, an inspector revealed. Surprisingly, the media, which heavily criticized Trump&#8217;s family separation policy, barely covered this news. 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