72,410 Children from Their Illegal Immigrant Parents

[Slyhunter]

Obama Separated 72,410 Children from Their Illegal Immigrant Parents in 2013

Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year carried out more than 72,000 deportations of parents who said they had U.S.-born children, according to reports to Congress obtained Wednesday by The Huffington Post.

FLASHBACK: Obama Separated 72,410 Children from Their Illegal Immigrant Parents in 2013
Look at the original source, Huffington Post. Bet they deleted that one.

Hypocrites to jump on Trump and not on Obama.

 

[jknowgood]

Obama Separated 72,410 Children from Their Illegal Immigrant Parents in 2013

Immigration and Customs Enforcement last year carried out more than 72,000 deportations of parents who said they had U.S.-born children, according to reports to Congress obtained Wednesday by The Huffington Post.

FLASHBACK: Obama Separated 72,410 Children from Their Illegal Immigrant Parents in 2013
Look at the original source, Huffington Post. Bet they deleted that one.

Hypocrites to jump on Trump and not on Obama.

Now they are gonna have to change the subject.

 

[Montrovant]

That is a very poorly written headline. 72,410 adults were deported who said they had US-born children. So to begin with, the number of children isn't listed, the number of parents is. The number of children being discussed could be less than, equal to, or more than the number of parents.

Next, the article clearly says that some of the children go with their deported parents. The number of children who stayed in the country while there parents were deported is not indicated.

Next, the children who stayed in the US are described as remaining "with another parent or family member," while "some children end up in U.S. foster care." So some of the children who remain are remaining with a parent.

Next, nothing in the article actually claims that the children were forced to be separated from their parents. There is no indication that the parents cannot choose to take their children with them. I don't know what the ICE policy or policies may be in the situation where parents are deported that have US citizen children, but since the article says some go with the deported parents while some remain, the parents may well get a choice.

Of course, this doesn't mean there isn't or can't be any hypocrisy when it comes to looking at the way the current administration is enforcing immigration law compared to past administrations. However, the article does a terrible job of trying to make its point.