{"id":2038187,"date":"2023-09-20T02:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/"},"modified":"2023-09-20T02:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T06:57:57","slug":"the-biden-administration-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden admin splits border families, media indifferent."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fthe-biden-administration-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=2038187&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 \u200dSeparated from Parents at Southern Border, Media Downplays Biden&#8217;s\u200d Role<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Migrant children\u2062 as\u200d young as \u200c8 were separated from their parents \u200bat the southern border this summer, an inspector said on Friday. \u2063The\u2063 mainstream media\u2014which savaged former President Donald \u2063Trump&#8217;s separation of\u2062 migrant families in the \u200cstrongest terms\u2014hardly bothered to report the news.<\/p>\n<p>The coverage, or lack thereof, \u200cfits with a general shift in the media&#8217;s characterization of immigration enforcement. What was\u2062 senseless cruelty by Trump is Biden doing the best he\u2063 can \u200cunder\u200b impossible circumstances. Never mind that\u200b Biden&#8217;s \u200cpolicies helped create the ongoing migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now<\/strong>: Most major\u200d 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>,\u2064 made in a filing by federal court monitor Dr. Paul Wise,\u2064 that children at a U.S.\u2064 Customs and Border\u200b Protection holding facility \u200bwere held apart from their parents for up to four\u2062 days this summer.\u2064 Outlets that did cover the report\u200d tended to emphasize, starting in the headline, that the family separations\u200d were\u2062 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 \u200bAuthorities Separated Some Migrant \u200bFamilies Amid \u200cOvercrowding in\u2062 Facilities, Report Says&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The filing, which \u2062is \u200cpart 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.\">years-long court case<\/a>,\u2063 underscores the humanitarian and logistical challenges \u200dfacing the Biden administration following an increase in migrant families\u2064 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\u200b illustrate the operational and humanitarian challenges faced by Border Patrol due to a recent spike in\u2064 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\u200b and most damning:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Border Patrol Temporarily Separated Families This Summer, Court Filing\u200d Says<\/p>\n<p>A CBP \u200dofficial who \u2062wasn\u2019t \u200dable to give exact numbers for how many families have been separated by the Biden \u200cadministration \u200dsaid the practice could \u2063still be happening.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Still, NBC, like its peers, made sure \u2063to pooh-pooh any comparison between\u2064 the Biden-era family separations and Trump&#8217;s \u2064infamous \u2062policy:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The families Wise \u2062documented were only temporarily separated\u2062 while\u2064 they were in CBP custody, which\u2064 typically lasts only a few days because of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-separates-families-at-the-border-the-media-shrugs\/\" title=\"Biden admin splits border families, media indifferent.\">federal \u200bcourt order requiring<\/a> their release within 72 hours. The Trump administration, on the \u200cother hand, separated families in CBP custody and then sent the children to shelters run by Health and Human Services with no way \u200dfor parents to \u200dlearn\u200c where they were.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situations described \u200dwithin the report\u200d are completely different from previous policies of separating families,&#8221; the CBP spokesperson added. &#8220;CBP is committed\u200c to family unity: Our policies prioritize the safety and wellbeing of children and ensure \u2064that\u200d families are released out of CBP custody together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>None of the outlets mentioned that as a candidate Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/6\/20\/17484414\/joe-biden-trump-family-separation-immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/6\/20\/17484414\/joe-biden-trump-family-separation-immigration\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">called<\/a> Trump\u2019s family separations &#8220;unconscionable&#8221; and &#8220;abhorrent&#8221; or that migrant detention\u200c facilities are overcrowded because the president\u200d has overseen a <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/media-prematurely-spike-football-on-biden-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/media-prematurely-spike-football-on-biden-border-crisis\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">historic surge<\/a> in illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>The media have long\u200b covered the migrant crisis under Biden as something that is happening\u2063 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\u2064 State Migrant \u200dCrisis Sparks Political Disaster for Biden&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Why it matters: President Biden is stuck\u200b between growing\u200c calls to help the Democratic-controlled cities, the politics\u2062 of the vulnerable issue and what the administration views as legal handcuffs \u2064prohibiting much action.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/immigration\/2023\/08\/31\/border-families-record-crossings-biden\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em>, Aug. 31\u2014&#8221;Families \u200cCrossing US Border\u2062 Illegally Reached All-Time High in August&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Record numbers of migrant families \u200dstreamed across the U.S.-Mexico border in August, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-dem-objections-biden-admin-on-track-to-end-pandemic-policy-that-allows-swift-deportation-of-migrants\/\" title=\"Over Dem Objections, Biden Admin on Track To End Pandemic Policy That Allows Swift Deportation of Migrants\">preliminary data obtained<\/a> by the <em>Washington Post<\/em>, an influx that has upended Biden administration\u2064 efforts to discourage parents from entering\u2064 illegally with \u200cchildren and could once again place immigration in the\u200d spotlight during\u200c 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 broken\u2063 immigration system \u2063has spawned a national \u2063fight, but Congress lacks the political will to fix \u2064it.&#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 predecessor 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 Of Corruption, Dysfunction At Border \u200dProtection Agency&#8221;:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;[Politico&#8217;s Garrett] Graff: I\u2064 think\u2063 that this is a very carefully designed\u2064 crisis by the Trump\u2062 administration. I think\u200c it seems\u2063 clear from everything that we \u200chave seen over the\u2062 last three years that the cruelty at the \u200dborder is the point of \u200cthe Trump\u2062 administration&#8217;s policy.<\/p>\n[NRP host]  Terry\u2064 Gross:\u2063 What&#8217;s the point of being cruel?<\/p>\n<p>Graff:\u2062 It \u2062plays to what Trump sees \u2062as his base.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nor did Trump get credit for successfully, if sometimes brutally,\u2062 containing the crisis that Biden has since unleashed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump got a handle on the border, which in 2014 and again in \u20622019 \u200bhad \u200cdescended into\u200c chaos,&#8221; <em>National 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 \u200cended Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Remain in Mexico&#8221;\u200d policy and \u2064&#8221;safe third country&#8221;\u200c agreements to get asylum seekers \u200dto apply in Central\u2063 America. &#8220;Call it what \u2062you will, \u2064a crisis or a challenge or something else, but Biden is on a path to heedlessly repeat\u2062 this experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1704151816290595061\">reported<\/a>, &#8220;The migrant crisis at the\u2064 southern\u2064 border is exploding once again,&#8221; \u200dand Fox News&#8217;s Bill Melugin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1704127233579749734?s=20\">said<\/a> border \u2064encounters are &#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> What responsibilities\u200c does the Biden administration have in \u200crelation to the temporary separation of migrant\u200d children from their parents?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Iring the release of children within 72 hours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The media&#8217;s downplaying of Biden&#8217;s role in the \u200dseparation \u2063of migrant children from their parents at the southern border\u200c is disingenuous at best. While it is true that the family separations documented in Dr. Wise&#8217;s filing were temporary, it does not absolve the \u200dBiden administration of its responsibility. \u200cThese separations occurred under Biden&#8217;s watch, as a \u200bresult of his policies that have incentivized and facilitated the surge of migrants crossing \u200cthe border.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking\u200c office,\u2062 Biden has reversed many \u2062of\u2064 Trump&#8217;s immigration\u2062 policies, including the Migrant Protection \u200bProtocols (MPP) that \u200drequired asylum seekers to remain in Mexico\u200b while their cases were being processed. This reversal has led to a \u2063significant increase in the number of migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Biden&#8217;s messaging\u200c on immigration has played a role in encouraging migrants to \u2063make the dangerous journey to \u2064the southern\u2063 border. During his campaign, Biden promised a more \u2064compassionate and lenient approach to immigration, including\u2062 a pathway to citizenship for undocumented \u200bimmigrants.\u200d These promises, coupled with the rollback of \u2064Trump&#8217;s enforcement measures, have created a perception that the \u200cUnited \u2063States is open to all migrants, resulting in a surge of individuals seeking entry.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences\u2064 of Biden&#8217;s\u200d policies and messaging are\u200b evident. The\u200c border patrol and immigration enforcement agencies are overwhelmed and \u2062under-resourced, leading \u2062to overcrowded holding facilities. The separation of\u2063 children from their parents, however temporary, is\u200d a direct result of these\u2062 challenges.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for\u200d the media to accurately and objectively report \u2063on the\u2063 situation at\u200c the southern border. Downplaying Biden&#8217;s\u200c role \u2063in\u200d the family separations undermines the public&#8217;s understanding of\u2064 the complex issues surrounding\u200b immigration and hides \u2062the consequences \u2064of his\u2062 policies. \u200dJournalists must hold the Biden administration\u2063 accountable for its choices and examine the \u200cimpact of these choices on the \u2063lives of migrants and their \u200dfamilies.<\/p>\n<p>While the media&#8217;s coverage of immigration enforcement has\u200d shifted under Biden, it is essential that journalists maintain \u200btheir duty to\u2064 inform the public without bias or selective reporting. The separation \u2064of migrant children from\u200d their parents is a deeply troubling issue that\u200d warrants thorough \u2063investigation and candid reporting. Each\u2064 administration must be held accountable\u200c for \u200dits\u2064 actions and their\u200b impact on vulnerable \u2063individuals.<\/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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