Harris, Booker Accuse CBP of Human Rights Abuses, Completely Misconstrue Facts of the Situation

Under President Trump, we’ve seen a new trend emerge involving the coverage of illegal immigration.

When former President Obama was around, children being separated under the Flores Agreement nary warranted a mention in the press. Illegal immigrants dying in CBP custody wouldn’t even make the local news. Unaccompanied minors being held at Fort Sill never made a CNN headline while Obama was in office.

Things are completely different today though. Every single negative even that can be spun from the border is now headline news, even when it’s clear it’s not the fault of immigration officials. Nine times out of ten, further research tells a much different story than what politicians and the media are presenting, but by that point, it doesn’t matter. The false perception has already become part of the public conscious.

Take these tweets by Corey Booker and Kamala Harris.

Four months old.

That’s the age of the youngest known child separated from his father at the border. History will judge this Administration for these human rights abuses. https://t.co/TO4wFNShKc

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 15, 2019

Four. Months. Old.

This administration took an infant from their parent with no plan to reunify them. That’s the level of xenophobia we’re up against. https://t.co/5FCCQH3fah

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) June 14, 2019

They are of course citing The New York Times, because misleading, garbage coverage on immigration is the norm there. Even still, you’d think Booker and Harris would at least read the details before running to Twitter to pop off about it.

So, did CBP mercilessly rip a 4 month old from the arms of it’s parents or is there a lot more to the story? Spoiler: There’s a lot more to the story.

Let’s deal with Booker’s claim of “xenophobia” first. In reality, the family in question here is from Romania. They aren’t even Hispanic, so claims of xenophobia and racism fall pretty flat when you are dealing with white Europeans. It’s also pretty unbelievable for an elected official to accuse CBP agents of xenophobia when half their ranks are Hispanic and all they are trying to do is accomplish their job. Does Booker think Trump personally flew down there to oversee this case?

Your next quesiton is probably “why are Romanians trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally?” Good question and it’s one that doesn’t seem to have been answered by any of the breathless article written by the Times. There are no wars going on in Romania nor is there any legitimate reason for someone to go to Mexico in order to try to claim asylum in the United States. The entire chain of events just doesn’t add up, but no one in the media or on the Democrat side of the aisle will even bother to seek answers on the background here.

Furthermore, the father in question who was separated from his child has a criminal record.

Vasile, who had a criminal record, said he was pressed to drop his request for asylum.

This isn’t difficult. If an American citizen has a criminal record, commits another crime, and then drags a 4 month old on a dangerous trip through the desert, they would be seperated from their child while their case is adjudicated. Am I supposed to feel sympathy for this father, who chose to put his child in danger while committing a crime? Why should illegal immigrants be treated any differently than a citizen would be treated in a similar situation? There’s simply no logic behind it.

In fact, the father, mother, and child got separated in Mexico before CBP even picked them up.

They lost each other in Mexico. After U.S. border agents apprehended Vasile and baby Constantin in Texas, his wife and their 4-year-old son returned to Romania from Mexico.

At the point immigration authorities got involved, the mother and son were already on their own. The child spent some time in foster care in Michigan while they processed the mother. The Father was deported back to Romania first because he clearly had no claim to asylum coming from a peaceful country with a criminal record. The Times, Booker, and Harris try to make it seem like this is an inhumane act. No, it’s common sense.

The mother and child were eventually sent back to Romania as well and all are together again. The system worked as it should have and no rational thinking human being could expect anything differently to have occurred. Should we have just let a guy from Romania in the country illegally with a criminal record? Should the 4 month old have stayed in detention with the mother? Most people would say no because that’d be ridiculous to suggest. But for some reason, the left and the media want to paint CBP as committing human rights abuses.

Don’t want to be separated from your child? Don’t fly from Romania with a criminal record, drag a child on a life threatening trip through Mexico, and cross the border illegally. It’s really that simple.

Democrat politicans that continue to lie and falsely frame what is going on at the border are disgusting. It’s immoral to accuse CBP of xenophobia and human rights abuses when they followed a completely logical, humane path in this case. Harris and Booker should be ashamed of themselves and deserve to be roundly condemned. Instead, the media will amplify their message as if it holds any truth at all. We live in strange times and the direction we are heading isn’t just gross, it’s dangerous.

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