Last week, politicians and members of the media expressed outrage over the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl who died shortly after illegally crossing the US border with her father.
Border hawks blamed her parent for putting her life at risk by bringing her on the dangerous journey, while critics of the president's approach to immigration policy held up the incident as an example of the administration's inhumanity and callousness.
The 7-year-old was excited about a new life in the U.S. Maybe she would get her first toy or learn to read. Instead, she died in Border Patrol custody.
In truth, the young girl had been severely deprived of sustenance for days prior to being taken into custody in a remote area, at which point American border patrol officers and support staff attempted to save her life.
Paniagua says the father of Jakelin has "No complaints about how Border Patrol agents treated him and his daughter." 1/.- Jake Tapper December 15, 2018 3/ The father, per the consul, confirmed the DHS timeline that Jakelin did not show any signs of distress until about 5am when they were placed on the bus to ride from the border checkpoint to the border patrol station 95 miles away.
Eager to paint the Trump administration as heartless, far too many political liberals, including elected officials and journalists, rushed to smear American officials based on - at best - incomplete information.
All the while, public trust in important institutions was eroded further, including both America's border security apparatus and the profession of journalism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/12/17/the-truth-emerges-us-border-patrol-not-responsible-for-young-girls-death-her-father-says-n2537562
Border hawks blamed her parent for putting her life at risk by bringing her on the dangerous journey, while critics of the president's approach to immigration policy held up the incident as an example of the administration's inhumanity and callousness.
The 7-year-old was excited about a new life in the U.S. Maybe she would get her first toy or learn to read. Instead, she died in Border Patrol custody.
In truth, the young girl had been severely deprived of sustenance for days prior to being taken into custody in a remote area, at which point American border patrol officers and support staff attempted to save her life.
Paniagua says the father of Jakelin has "No complaints about how Border Patrol agents treated him and his daughter." 1/.- Jake Tapper December 15, 2018 3/ The father, per the consul, confirmed the DHS timeline that Jakelin did not show any signs of distress until about 5am when they were placed on the bus to ride from the border checkpoint to the border patrol station 95 miles away.
Eager to paint the Trump administration as heartless, far too many political liberals, including elected officials and journalists, rushed to smear American officials based on - at best - incomplete information.
All the while, public trust in important institutions was eroded further, including both America's border security apparatus and the profession of journalism.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/12/17/the-truth-emerges-us-border-patrol-not-responsible-for-young-girls-death-her-father-says-n2537562
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