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Father of Honduran girl whose devastated face shocked America (trunk)
msn news australia ^ | June 23, 2018 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 06/22/2018 4:35:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks

...says she's in Texas with her mother

The father of the little girl on the US-Mexico border, whose distraught face came to symbolise the plight of families separated by the Trump administration, has said that his daughter and wife are together, and doing well.

Denis Javier Varela Hernandez, 32, said that his two-year-old daughter Yanela was with his wife Sandra in a shelter.

Mr Varela Hernandez, a ship’s captain from Puerto Cortes, Honduras, said he had not spoken to them, but was informed on Wednesday that they were in custody in Texas.

“My heart broke because it's my little girl,” he told Spanish language network Univision.

“The first time I said that's my little girl when I saw the report.

“Of course I cried, it's really hard. I can imagine that my wife was very fearful crossing the border because she took the decision.”

Mr Varela Hernandez said he had urged his 32-year-old wife not to make the journey.

On the journey to the US, the girl was photographed crying while her mother was searched, and she has been featured on the cover of this week's Time magazine.

TIME’s new cover: A reckoning after Trump's border separation policy: What kind of country are we? https://t.co/U4Uf8bffoRpic.twitter.com/sBCMdHuPGc — TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2018

But, he told DailyMail.com, she had repeatedly said she wanted to go to the US for a “better future” and seek work, and left their Honduran hometown without telling him or any of their family members.

“I didn't support it. I asked her, why? Why would she want to put our little girl through that?” he told the website.

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KEYWORDS: illegal; immigrants; peoplesmugglers
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The father says he heard from friends that his wife had paid six thousand dollars to people smugglers...
1 posted on 06/22/2018 4:35:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks
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To: Candor7; little jeremiah; Brown Deer

play graphic:

https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1009764707346075649/video/1


2 posted on 06/22/2018 4:39:40 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

He needs to hire a good lawyer and file Hague case to get custody of her. Serve the papers on the ICE people who have custody. It’s a led pipe cinch.


3 posted on 06/22/2018 4:40:24 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: Fred Nerks

That face didn’t shock America.

It only shocked the denizens of Liberalstan.


4 posted on 06/22/2018 4:45:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Fred Nerks

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5869829/Father-two-year-old-face-child-separation-crisis-speaks-out.html

Denis Javier Varela Hernandez spoke out about the status of his wife Sandra, 32, and daughter, Yanela, 2
•Yanela became the face of the immigration crisis after a Getty photographer snapped a photo of her in tears
•Speaking to DailyMail.com Hernandez said he has still not been in direct contact with his wife Sandra because he does not have a way of communicating
•Denis said a Honduran official in the US told him that his wife and daughter are together and are doing ‘fine’
•Sandra was part of a group that were caught by Border Patrol agents after making their way across the Rio Grande river on a raft
•She set out on her journey from Puerto Cortes, Honduras to the U.S. at 6am on June 3 and allegedly paid $6,000 for a coyote
•Hernandez said he did not support his wife’s decision to make the journey with their young daughter in her arms and never got to properly say goodbye


5 posted on 06/22/2018 4:53:12 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Guessing he is one of those sperm depositors who isn’t really a daddy. If not, then mama kidnapped the child and he has a good suit. I’m not pleased that he’s pleased with the magazine cover.


6 posted on 06/22/2018 4:54:17 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: bgill

Yeah, great mom, left her other two kids behind


7 posted on 06/22/2018 5:02:17 PM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Fred Nerks

So the mother separated the man’s daughter from him? WOW!

We won’t hear anything about that from the #fakenews MSM here in the U.S.


8 posted on 06/22/2018 5:09:04 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: bgill

He’s crying because he’s pleased?


9 posted on 06/22/2018 5:11:33 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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Sundance at https://theconservativetreehouse.com CRUSHES it.

Everything About Time Magazine “Crying Girl” Immigration Propaganda Story is False….
10 posted on 06/22/2018 5:13:13 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen ((Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong))
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To: Fred Nerks

bttt


11 posted on 06/22/2018 5:15:47 PM PDT by timestax
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To: bgill

from comments:

Then there is this story from the UK Daily mail which blows this whole cover to pieces. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5869829/Father-two-year-old-face-child-separation-crisis-speaks-out.html … The mother took the child to the US without talking to the father leaving behind three kids so she coudl find a better job...


12 posted on 06/22/2018 5:19:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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13 posted on 06/22/2018 5:19:06 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Brown Deer

The local news a few minutes ago said the father was pleased with the cover. Will have to wait until the segment is posted on their website so won’t be able to link it until tomorrow.


14 posted on 06/22/2018 5:21:29 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Kid Shelleen
excerpt from your link:

The two-year old and her mother were never separated; additionally, Mrs. Sandra Sanchez was previously deported for illegal border crossing. This is the second time Sandra Sanchez was stopped attempting to gain entry, making her effort a felony under U.S. law. The father of the child has told media and government officials, and the Honduran government confirms, the toddler’s mom abandoned her other three children in Honduras and there was no economic hardship. Everything about this story is fabricated; however, that didn’t stop the media and politicians from attempting to exploit the narrative.

15 posted on 06/22/2018 5:21:38 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Brown Deer
The father is described as a ships captain in the article. It's the second time the woman has attempted to enter the US as an illegal. She left behind three children. There would have been no financial hardship, she paid people smugglers six thousand dollars...

Twice?

Against the wishes and advice of her husband. If anyone endangered that child, she did.

16 posted on 06/22/2018 5:27:25 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Brown Deer
The ships captain with his wife and daughter, I presume.
17 posted on 06/22/2018 5:30:03 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: BenLurkin

Since Time lied and now refuses to take responsibility, can we accidentally spill black café coffee on the issues at Barnes & Noble?
A shame if someone tore the tops of Time issues while looking for another magazine in the drug store rack.

We all must be more careful.


18 posted on 06/22/2018 5:36:10 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End non-citizen voting ,vote fraud & leftist media news censorship or "we're finished.)
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To: bgill

She left their other three children behind, and you believe the father was pleased?

19 posted on 06/22/2018 5:39:41 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Re Graphic:

They are NOT “Welcome to America.” Where’s the beef? They have committed offences by illegal entry and abuse of children on US soil.

Take them in, separate then from parents for child abuse and put those under 12 up for adoption? Deport the parents ?

We guessed it right before. There will soon be UN refugee camps along the Southern border.

The sobbing Leftist fiddles are playing, but in the end, they will favor Donald Trump, as usual when they do this sort of thing.


20 posted on 06/22/2018 5:42:58 PM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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