{"id":300438,"date":"2021-03-24T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=300438"},"modified":"2021-03-24T13:01:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:01:19","slug":"immigration-hypocrisy-how-democrats-talked-about-kids-in-cages-when-trump-was-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigration-hypocrisy-how-democrats-talked-about-kids-in-cages-when-trump-was-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Hypocrisy: How Democrats Talked About \u2018Kids In Cages\u2019 When Trump Was President"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fimmigration-hypocrisy-how-democrats-talked-about-kids-in-cages-when-trump-was-president%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=300438&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3189.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>After only a few short months in office, President Joe Biden is overseeing an undeniable humanitarian crisis at the border between the United States and Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-nearly-1000-child-migrants-held-more-than-10-days-in-border-detention-facilities\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cnearly a thousand child migrants have been kept in border detention facilities for longer than 10 days \u2014 far longer than the maximum amount of time children are supposed to be housed in Customs and Border Protection custody, 72 hours,\u201d while the Biden administration has enforced a \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/what-transparency-even-the-leftist-media-is-slamming-the-biden-administration-for-border-blackout\"><span>border blackout<\/span><\/a><span>,\u201d preventing the media from covering the ongoing border operations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There have been multiple accusations of hypocrisy given the vitriolic rejection of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policies \u2014 with Trump compared to Hitler and border control agents to concentration camp guards for keeping children in so-called \u201ccages\u201d \u2014 given that the policy failures of the Biden administration has now been exposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.48\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Photos from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, show the crowded conditions at the border as facilities not designed for long-term custody continue to fill up <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YKyyTBhVW7\">https:\/\/t.co\/YKyyTBhVW7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHBsqwhLbJ\">pic.twitter.com\/IHBsqwhLbJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1373997915983777793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As the Democrats attempt to evade culpability, it\u2019s important to take a look back at what high-ranking Democrats thought when the \u201ccages\u201d were not being run by Joe Biden, but by Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Joe Biden<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThese 500-plus kids came with parents.&nbsp; They separated them at the border, to make it a disincentive to come to begin with.&nbsp; Big, real tough, we\u2019re really strong, and guess what?&nbsp; They cannot \u2013 it\u2019s not, coyotes didn\u2019t bring them over.&nbsp; Their parents were with them.&nbsp; They got separated from their parents, and it makes us a laughingstock and violates every notion of who we are as a nation.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cParents were ripped, their kids were ripped from their arms and separated, and now they cannot find over 500 of sets of those parents, and those kids are alone.&nbsp; Nowhere to go, nowhere to go.&nbsp; It\u2019s criminal, it\u2019s criminal.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe catch and release, you know what he\u2019s talking about there?&nbsp; If in fact you had a family came across and they were arrested, they in fact were given a date to show up for their hearing.&nbsp; They were released, and guess what?&nbsp; They showed up for a hearing.&nbsp; And this is the first President in the history of the United States of America that anybody seeking asylum has to do it in another country.&nbsp; That\u2019s never happened before in America.&nbsp; That\u2019s never happened before in America.&nbsp; You come to the United States and you make your case, that I seek asylum based on the following, on the following premise, why I deserve it under American law.&nbsp; They\u2019re sitting in squalor on the other side of the river.\u201d <\/span><i><span>Second presidential debate, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/presidential-debate-coverage-fact-check-10-22-20\/h_ee98bf2ccf1abe63f4f36725e8b80c24\"><i><span>October 2020<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnder Trump, there have been horrifying scenes at the border of kids being kept in cages, tear-gassing asylum seekers, ripping children from their mothers\u2019 arms.\u201d <\/span><i><span>Opinion piece by Joe Biden for the Miami Herald titled, \u201cOur Latin America policies are morally bankrupt. Mine reflect American values.\u201d <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/article231878448.html\"><i><span>June 24, 2019<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Kamala Harris<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey need to end this policy. It is unconscionable, it is immoral, it is wrong, and it is unnecessary, and I think there\u2019s no question that it has become very evident to many many people who have been watching the images that this is not reflective of who we are as a country, and it\u2019s got to stop, Ari. Full stop. It\u2019s got to stop <\/span><span>There should be values that are at play that are consistent with who we say we are as Americans. The government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing families apart, and not tearing children from their parents.\u201d <\/span><i><span>MSNBC <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zAg3AgEyT48\"><i><span>June 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou look at the fact that this is a president who has pushed policies that\u2019s been about putting babies in cages at the border in the name of security when in fact what it is, is a human rights abuse being committed by the United States government.\u201d <\/span><i><span>NAACP forum, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/wireStory\/ap-fact-check-2020-democrats-grasp-facts-64615378\"><i><span>July 24 2019<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have always stood for the promise that we will be someone, we will be that country that will embrace you and protect you when you flee harm. So let\u2019s fight for the best of who we are and for the ideals of our county. Their children are our children,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd we\u2019re going to do everything we can to make sure these families are reunified.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/immigration-separated-families-deadline\/h_b24cd6579cff4b3c14f8542790cbcd6c\"><i><span>July 26, 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI will immediately put in place a meaningful process for reviewing the cases for asylum, and release children from cages, and get rid of the private detention centers, and ensure that this microphone that the president of the United States holds in her hand is used in a way that is about reflecting the values of our country and not about locking children up.\u201d <\/span><i><span>First Democratic debate, <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2019\/06\/kamala-harris-democratic-debate\/592909\/\"><i><span>June 27, 2019<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA few moments ago I finished visiting with mothers who were separated from their children at the border. I can tell you they are in utter despair. The stories they shared with me paint a picture of human rights abuses being committed by our government. We are so much better this.\u201d <\/span><i><span>June 22, 2018.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7881355932203\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few moments ago I finished visiting with mothers who were separated from their children at the border. I can tell you they are in utter despair. The stories they shared with me paint a picture of human rights abuses being committed by our government. We are so much better this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lEeIOtEjWU\">pic.twitter.com\/lEeIOtEjWU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1010263596218056704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen babies are being put in cages, and children separated from their parents, in the name of border security, justice for immigrants is on the ballot. I\u2019m running for president because I\u2019m very clear immigrants have helped make America great. And somebody needs to tell Donald Trump, and remind him that some of his closest relatives are immigrants, too.\u201d <\/span><i><span>November 10, 2019<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.5706214689266\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When children are ripped from their parents and put in cages, immigration justice is on the ballot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gtSlFQAn5V\">pic.twitter.com\/gtSlFQAn5V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1193722262014308355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Pete Buttigieg<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe should call out hypocrisy when we see it. For a party that associates itself with Christianity to say it is OK to suggest that God would smile on the division of families at the hands of federal agents, that God would condone putting children in cages,\u201d that party \u201chas lost all claim to ever use religious language.\u201d<\/span><i><span> First Democratic debate, June 27, 2019.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.6816720257235\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We should call out hypocrisy when we see it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteButtigieg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PeteButtigieg<\/a> speaks out against the GOP, saying the party likes to &#8220;cloak itself&#8221; in the language of religion, and yet supports the detention of migrant children <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DemDebate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DemDebate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/El0w0XUXhE\">https:\/\/t.co\/El0w0XUXhE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GniDb2CheW\">pic.twitter.com\/GniDb2CheW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1144460860577894400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Elizabeth Warren<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI first visited the McAllen Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas, which is operated by CPB. Inside the processing center, men and women were packed into cages \u2014 cage after cage after cage. Our group estimated that between forty and fifty men were being held in a cage that measured roughly ten feet by thirty feet. There was a wall a few feet high in the back that separated a small urinal area from the rest of the cage. The men were cramped, lying side by side under foil blankets directly on a concrete floor.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCBP officials insisted that no one was held for longer than 72 hours. But as I walked by the cages, I asked the migrants through the metal grates how long they had been there. They held up their fingers in response: four fingers, five fingers, two hands\u2019 worth. Some told me they had been held for fourteen days. One man called out to me that he just wanted a shower \u2014 he said he\u2019d gone six days without a shower or the opportunity to brush his teeth. Another man told me that his two children, aged 15 and 16, were being held separately in the other room.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/6\/29\/17519226\/elizabeth-warren-letter-family-reunification-trump-administration-dhs-hhs\"><i><span>June 29, 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Bernie Sanders<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe United States of America is not and must never be about locking up little children in cages on the southern border.\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2xW54sAyDvs\"><i><span>June 19, 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Nancy Pelosi<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo, we do care about the border.&nbsp; We care about protecting our country, but we don\u2019t think we need to protect the border by putting children in cages.&nbsp; We want to be smart and strong not reckless, rash and ruthless in this case. \u201c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pelosi.house.gov\/news\/press-releases\/pelosi-remarks-at-shadow-hearing-on-family-separation-at-the-us-mexico-border\"><i><span>June 21, 2018<\/span><\/i><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After only a few short months in office, President Joe Biden is overseeing an undeniable humanitarian crisis at the border between the United States and Mexico.As the Daily Wire reported, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311068,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3189.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Immigration Hypocrisy: How Democrats Talked About \u2018Kids In Cages\u2019 When Trump Was President","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-3189.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Immigration Hypocrisy: How Democrats Talked About \u2018Kids In Cages\u2019 When Trump Was President","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}