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[Karah Rucker]
WELCOME TO BIAS BREAKDOWN.
I’M YOUR HOST KARAH RUCKER.
TWO WOMEN FROM HONDURAS – LIVING IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY – WERE DEPORTED LAST WEEK.
WITH THEM ON THEIR WAY OUT— WERE THEIR CHILDREN — BORN IN THE U.S. – AND THEREFORE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
IT’S AN IMMIGRATION CASE GARNERING A LOT OF ATTENTION AND RAISING LEGAL QUESTIONS —
THE MEDIA COVERAGE HAS BEEN DIVIDED.
WERE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN “DEPORTED” BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS YOU MAY HAVE READ IN SOME NEWS HEADLINES? OR IS THE MEDIA’S REPORTING ON **WHO GOT DEPORTED MISLEADING?
LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE EMPHASIZING THE ADVOCATES WHO SAY THE CHILDREN NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE U.S.
RIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE FOCUSING ON THE GOVERNMENT’S POSITION: THAT MINORS CAN ACCOMPANY DEPORTED PARENTS IF THAT’S THEIR WISHES.
THE CASE IS NOW MOVING THROUGH THE COURTS.
AND AS IT DOES, DIFFERENT NEWS SOURCES ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE ANGLES THAT ALIGN WITH THEIR POLITICAL LEAN.
THAT’S THE FOCUS OF TODAY’S BIAS BREAKDOWN.
FIRST – I’LL SHOW YOU HOW SOME OF THE HEADLINES READ FROM NEWS OUTLETS RATED AS HAVING A LEFT OR RIGHT POLITICAL BIAS.
THE HEADLINES REVEAL JUST HOW DIFFERENTLY THIS CASE WAS FRAMED DEPENDING ON THE POLITICAL LENS.
AND AS THE STORY DEVELOPED – SO DID THE CONTRASTING NARRATIVES.
FIRST – HEADLINES FROM OUTLETS ON THE LEFT – FROM THE WASHINGTON POST, CNN, AND MSNBC.
“Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana.”
“3 children who are US citizens — including 1 pinch crab — deported pinch their mothers, lawyers and defense groups say”
AND “4-year-old pinch crab among 3 American kids removed from U.S. by ICE, lawyers say”
YOU’LL NOTICE IN THESE HEADLINES – NEWS OUTLETS ARE EMPHASIZING WHAT THE MIGRANT ATTORNEYS AND ADVOCATES ARE SAYING ABOUT THE CASE.
SOME OF THE HEADLINES LEAVE OUT THAT THE CHILDREN WENT **WITH THEIR MOTHERS.
AND SOME ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE CHILD WITH CANCER IN ITS COVERAGE OF THE IMMIGRATION CASE – A DETAIL RIGHT-LEANING MEDIA LARGELY DIDN’T EMPHASIZE.
LET’S COMPARE THESE HEADLINES TO COVERAGE FROM OUTLETS ON THE RIGHT – LIKE THE NEW YORK POST – BREITBART – AND DAILY CALLER.
“Rubio, Homan conflict ‘misleading’ accusations Trump admin deported kids to parents’ state of origin: ‘They went pinch their mothers’”
“Rubio Decries WaPo’s ‘Misleading Headline’ — Three U.S. Citizen Children ‘Were Not Deported’”
AND “‘Just Not True’: Marco Rubio Calls Out ‘Misleading’ Reports About Recent Deportations Of Three US Citizen Children.”
THE HEADLINES READ OPPOSITE FROM LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS –
EMPHASIZING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S RESPONSE TO MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT THE CASE – AND DISMISSING ACCUSATIONS OF THE CHILDREN BEING **DEPORTED.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF CONFLICTING TAKEAWAYS LEFT AND RIGHT MEDIA IN DISAGREEMENT OVER WHETHER THE KIDS WERE “DEPORTED”.
THERE’S ALSO CONFLICT OVER HOW THEY INTERPRET THE CASE IN A BROADER PICTURE. OUTLETS ON THE LEFT SUGGEST ITS AN EXAMPLE OF DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS AMID MASS DEPORTATIONS –
WHILE THOSE ON THE RIGHT ARGUE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS FULFILLING ITS PROMISE TO ENFORCE THE LAW AND DEPORT PEOPLE HERE ILLEGALLY.
HERE ARE EXAMPLES FROM NEWS OUTLETS ON THE LEFT –
ECHOING CONCERNS OVER DUE PROCESS.
THE WASHINGTON POST WROTE “The cases person renewed concerns that nan Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating nan owed process authorities of some citizens and noncitizens.”
AXIOS WROTE “The cases heap onto nan ineligible and ethical questions that person surrounded nan Trump administration’s push to deport immigrants (and successful this case, region U.S. citizens) pinch small aliases nary owed process.”
TAKEAWAYS FROM RIGHT LEANING MEDIA READ DIFFERENTLY.
THE NEW YORK POST WROTE – “President Trump has been keen connected carrying retired deportations crossed nan state expeditiously. Trump’s squad has besides been fighting successful nan courts to extremity birthright citizenship, nan argumentation nether nan 14th Amendment of automatically granting citizenship to anyone calved successful nan US. Backers of his effort judge that ending birthright citizenship will destruct a cardinal inducement for forbidden migrants to participate nan US.”
THE DAILY CALLER WROTE “Homan said Monday that he is satisfied pinch nan 139,000 deportations that person occurred frankincense acold since Jan. 20, and praised nan grounds debased driblet successful separator encounters since Trump took office. Just 1 period into Trump’s 2nd term, separator encounters reached nan lowest numbers since nan 1960s.”
YOU CAN SEE HOW EASY IT IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE SO DIVIDED ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.
THE DIVIDE IN MEDIA COVERAGE REFLECTING THE NATION’S POLITICAL DIVIDE.
NEWS OUTLETS EMPHASIZING FACTS TO PROP UP ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER…BUILDING A CASE AS IF THEIR VIEWERS ARE THE JURY — PERSUADING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER – THAT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WAS RIGHT OR WRONG OVER THE CHILDREN LEAVING THE COUNTRY WITH THEIR MOTHERS.
NOW THAT YOU’VE SEEN CONFLICTING NARRATIVES FROM LEFT AND RIGHT MEDIA –
LET’S GET TO THE FACTS OF THE IMMIGRATION CASES.
KEEP IN MIND – THIS IS AN ONGOING LEGAL PROCESS.
AND THIS IS JUST WHAT WE’VE LEARNED SO FAR FROM DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE.
TWO UNRELATED WOMEN FROM HONDURAS — WHO COURT DOCS SAY HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY AND WERE DETAINED BY ICE IN NEW ORLEANS ON APRIL 22ND AND 24TH.
ONE HAS A 2 YEAR OLD.
THE OTHER HAS A 4-year-old AND a 7 YEAR OLD.
FRIDAY APRIL 25 – BOTH HONDURAN MOTHERS WERE DEPORTED BACK TO THEIR COUNTRY WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
ONE DAY BEFORE THE DEPORTATIONS –
ONE OF THE FAMILIES’ ATTORNEYS FILED A PETITION TO THE COURT FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER to forestall nan 2 twelvemonth aged from leaving nan u.s..
ACCORDING TO AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE TWO YEAR OLD AMERICAN CITIZEN –
THE CHILD IDENTIFIED AS “VML” HAS A CUSTODIAN “Trish Mack, fresh and consenting to workout her delegated custodial authority for V.M.L.”
“Ms. Mack is simply a family friend, her custodian arsenic appointed by V.M.L.’s father”
THE FAMILY ATTORNEY SAYS MELLISSA HARPER – AN ICE OFFICIAL –
“refused to grant a petition to merchandise V.M.L., stating that it was not needed because V.M.L. was already pinch her mother. THE ICE OFFICIAL stated that nan begetter could effort to prime her up, but that he would besides beryllium taken into custody.”
BEFORE THAT ORDER WAS RULED ON – THE TWO FAMILIES LEFT THE COUNTRY FRIDAY APRIL 25TH.
HERE’S WHAT THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE GOVERNMENT SAID IN RESPONSE TO THE RESTRAINING ORDER FILED –
THE MOTHER “MS. LOPEZ VILLELA made known to ICE officials that she wanted to clasp custody of V.M.L. ”
U.S. ATTORNEYS SAYING THEY HAVE A
“Handwritten Letter from Ms. Lopez Villela. WITH THE translator “I, Jenny Carolina Lopez [Villela], will bring my daughter, VML, pinch maine to Honduras.”
U.S. ATTORNEYS SAY “V.M.L. is successful nan custody of her ineligible custodian – her mother.
AND SAY THERE WAS NO PROOF OF IDENTITIES PROVIDED TO ICE FROM THE INDIVIDUALS WANTING CUSTODY.
THE GOVERNMENT SAYING THE CHILD’S MOTHER IS THE ONLY KNOWN LEGAL CUSTODIAN WHO INDICATED SHE WANTED TO RETAIN CUSTODY.
THAT DAY – A JUDGE RULED THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD NEED TO FURTHER EXPLAIN ITS COURSE OF ACTION AND SET A HEARING DATE.
HERE’S WHAT THE JUDGE WROTE – “It is forbidden and unconstitutional to deport, detain for deportation, aliases urge deportation of a U.S. citizen.”
“The Government contends that this is each okay because nan mother wishes that nan kid beryllium deported pinch her. But nan Court doesn’t know that.
THE JUDGE INDICATED THE COURT REQUESTED A PHONE CALL – BUT WAS TOLD THAT WASN’T POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE MOTHER AND PRESUMABLY THE CHILD WERE RELEASED IN HONDURAS.
THE JUDGE WRITING –
In nan liking of dispelling our beardown suspicion that nan Government conscionable deported a U.S. national pinch nary meaningful process, IT IS ORDERED that nan matter beryllium group for proceeding astatine 9:00 a.m. connected May 16.”
SO HERE YOU’VE SEEN THE FAMILY ATTORNEY’S ARGUMENT, THE GOVERNMENT’S ARGUMENT, AND A JUDGE USING LANGUAGE IN HIS ORDER THAT SHOWS SKEPTICISM OVER ICE’S ACTIONS – BUT REQUESTING A FUTURE HEARING TO UNDERSTAND MORE DETAILS IN THE CASE.
THE CASE – HAS BEEN FRONT AND CENTER IN THE MEDIA SINCE.
WHETHER YOU CAN CLASSIFY THE U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN AS DEPORTED OR WHETHER THEY RIGHTFULLY LEFT WITH THEIR MOTHERS WHO WERE DEPORTED — IS A QUESTION BEING ASKED TO THE COURTS –
AND TO TRUMP OFFICIALS SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN ON THIS WEEKEND’S NBC AND CBC SUNDAY SHOWS.
[MARCO RUBIO | SECRETARY OF STATE]
“Three america citizens were not deported. Their mothers were legally deported and nan children went pinch their mothers. They tin travel backmost if their begetter aliases personification wants to presume them. Ultimately it was nan mothers who were present illegally. You guys make it sound for illustration crystal kicked down nan doorway and grabbed nan kid and threw them connected an airplane and it’s misleading and not true.”
[TOM HOMAN | BORDER CZAR]
“No america national kid was deported. Deported intends you sewage to beryllium ordered by nan migration judge. We don’t study u.s. Citizens.
“the mother was deported on pinch nan children.”
“The children aren’t deported. The mother chose to return nan children pinch her…having a u.s. Citizen kid isn’t a get of jailhouse free card. It doesn’t make you immune from our laws.”
AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE – SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER AND AN ACLU ATTORNEY IN LOUISIANA SLAMMED THE PROCESS – SAYING THE TRUMP ADMIN **IS DEPORTING U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN AND VIOLATING DUE PROCESS.
[CHUCK SCHUMER (D-NY) | SENATE MINORITY LEADER]
“What he’s doing present is outrageous and against each iota of what americans believe. Its not nan only lawsuit location are reportedly different instances of u.s. Citizen children deported without immoderate owed process. Due process is simply a hallmark of what our state is each about.”
[ALANA ODOMS | ACLU OF LOUISIANA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR]
“Deportation donald is not allowing immoderate owed process for families successful nan authorities of louisiana aliases anywher other successful this nation. Families successful louisiana are being disappeared.”
THE CONFLICTING REPORTS AND NOISE IN THE MEDIA OVER THIS COURT CASE –
WAS THE SUBJECT OF A TUESDAY SEGMENT ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB –
WITH RADIO HOST CHARLAMAGNE THE GOD CRITICIZING OUTLETS NOT PROVIDING A FULL PICTURE OF THE CASE – AND EMPHASIZING ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER.
[CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD | ‘THE BREAKFAST CLUB’ RADIO HOST]
“I do deliberation erstwhile nan media person that conversation, we can’t rage bait though. Because, you know, each clip they opportunity it, they’ll beryllium like, ‘Oh, a 2-year-old sewage deported, a three-year-old sewage deported. But they’re not telling nan full communicative of — their genitor was present illegally, and truthful nan genitor sewage deported, and truthful they sent nan kid pinch them. Because erstwhile I perceive it, I’m like, why nan hellhole would they deport a 2-year-old? Why would they deport immoderate kid pinch cancer? But past there’s a full different communicative that goes pinch it. The only logic I deliberation that, you know, media should beryllium wholly honorable and show nan full totality of nan communicative is because that’s erstwhile people, you know, explanation things clone news.”
IN SUMMARY –
THE MEDIA IS LARGELY HIGHLIGHTING AND REPORTING THE SIDE OF THE IMMIGRATION CASE THAT ALIGNS WITH A POLITICAL NARRATIVE.
IF A VIEWER OR READER WAS TO ONLY GET INFORMATION FROM A LEFT-LEANING SOURCE – YOU MAY NOT KNOW THE MOTHERS OF THE CHILDREN WERE DEPORTED DUE TO NOT BEING IN THE COUNTRY LEGALLY –
AND ICE OFFICIALS SAY THE MOTHERS WANTED THEIR CHILDREN TO GO WITH THEM.
AND IF YOU WERE TO ONLY GET INFORMATION FROM A RIGHT-LEANING SOURCE – YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD IMMIGRATION LAWYERS SAY FAMILY MEMBERS WERE **TRYING TO TRANSFER CUSTODY OF AT LEAST ONE U.S. CITIZEN CHILD TO SOMEONE ELSE SO THEY COULD STAY IN THE U.S. –
AND A RESTRAINING ORDER WAS FILED **PRIOR TO THEIR FLIGHT OUT.
THE CASE – IS STILL PLAYING OUT IN THE COURTS WITH A HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MAY 16TH.
BUT BY THE FRAMING OF THE FACTS BY NEWS OUTLETS ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT – A VIEWER COULD HAVE BEEN GUIDED TO A CONCLUSION BASED ON THE POLITICAL PERSUASION OF A NEWS OUTLET.
AND THAT’S YOUR BIAS BREAKDOWN.
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THERE’S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THIS CASE JUST AS LAST WEEK’S EPISODE OVER KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA.
I DIDN’T GET TO ALL OF THE DETAILS AGAIN HERE –
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