The truth behind this photo of an ‘immigrant child’ crying inside a cage

WGNTV ^ | 6/18/18 | CNN WIRE

[ifinnegan]

A photo of a little boy crying in a cage is being shared on social media as seemingly another heart-rending byproduct of the White House’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which separates undocumented parents and kids at the border.

There’s only one problem: The picture is being completely taken out of context — and does not show what it is purported to show.

[Bullish]

Snopes says it’s “miscaptioned”?

Miscaptioned my ass! I can't believe anyone listens to those leftist dopes at snopes.

[SpaceBar]

Checked out the top of Daily Mail. They are amongst the worst in Anti-US yellow journalism.

[Kickass Conservative]

I’m waiting for a new Law in CA where you can only keep your Illegal Invaders in Cages big enough so they stretch out their Arms, just like they did with Egg Producing Chickens.

[GraceG]

I am furious at this... I made a meme for you, share it on facebook and twatter please!!!

Direct Link here: https://i.imgflip.com/2ch6g0.jpg

[ifinnegan]

That’s good.

[lightman]

I think he’s getting ready to poo.

[upchuck]

From the article:

Leroy Pena, the head of the Brown Berets’ Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter, took two pictures of the caged crying boy and posted them on Facebook with the caption: “This was part of our protest yesterday, but this is actually going on right now, at this very moment, in child detention centers throughout the country.” The post was later deleted, but a version is still on the Wayback Machine...

“He got confused on how to get out (of the cage) and cried when he saw his mother,” Pena said. “He was only in there about 30 seconds.”

Pena expressed frustration at how the photo was taken out of context.

“I posted this on my personal profile and it was not set to public, but only friends. They shared it. Some of them shared it without my comment,” he said. But the image “did help bring attention to the plight of undocumented children,” he added.

Anything you post on Facebook is NOT personal. And this is the perfect example of that.

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[Eleutheria5]

“Pena told CNN the toddler was following his older sibling, who took part in the Dallas cage protest along with other teens.

“He got confused on how to get out (of the cage) and cried when he saw his mother,” Pena said. “He was only in there about 30 seconds.”

Creeps.

[egfowler3]

You need to put an arrow pointing out the little rag-a-muffin in the last picture behind the pink sign.

[CodeToad]

BTTT!!!

[pookie18]

Thanks, GraceG!

[qaz123]

I’ll go so far as to say.....Who Gives a Sh*t, if the kid is crying or not, is in a cage or not. He’s got no business being in this country. He and his folks should have been turned around at the border and sent back to where they came.

[EdnaMode]

The media is evil.

[Maverick68]

I hate Social Media, but thank GOD for Social Media....the Left are no longer able to control the narrative and are being called out on their Fake News.

[SunkenCiv]

Build the Wall.

[pfony1]

What?

FAKE photos?

What next? FAKE news?

[COBOL2Java]

Someone should send that photo out to the lamestream media with the caption

Refugee parents cry out from behind barbed wire: "President Trump, let us see our children!"

It'll get spread far and wide!

[VanDeKoik]

“Exclusive photo of child escaping from Trump’s concentration camp!!”

-CNN

[spiderpig]

I think that same exact dude showed up with my landscaping crew last week. He was exactly that tall and had the same haircut and general appearance.

[spiderpig]

While standing in line in the grocery store yesterday, I saw a ~ 4 year-old crying because his mom wouldn’t buy him candy.

That is a fine reason to change national policy regarding access to candy.