John Moore photograph of Honduran child

On June 12, 2018, John Moore of Getty Images took a photograph of a Honduran child that would go viral as a depiction of Donald Trump's immigration policies.[1] The image depicts Yanela, a two-year old girl, crying as US Border Patrol officers begin to search her mother, Sandra Sanchez, an asylum seeker, prior to taking both of them into custody for illegally crossing the US-Mexican border near McAllen, Texas.[2][3][4] Sanchez had been previously deported in July 2013.[3]

Moore said that Border Patrol agents search people before taking them into custody. Prior to the search, the mother was told to put the child down. It was at this point that the child started crying, and Moore took a series of images, most of them shot at the approximate height of the child.[1][5] In Moore's original caption for the photo, he wrote that they were "detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation."[6]

The photo quickly went viral, appearing on Twitter,[7] Facebook,[8] and numerous media venues.[1][9][10] The photograph was used as the lead image for a viral fundraiser for RAICES that raised more money than any other single donation campaign in Facebook's history.[11] The toddler, Yanela, was not separated from her mother after the two were taken into custody, although this fact was not widely known in the days immediately following publication of the image.[3]

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted on Twitter arguing Democrats and media were exploiting the photo to push an agenda,[12] while Donald Trump Jr.'s tweet accused CNN of saying the child's father was lying.[13]

Time Magazine cover

Time Magazine cropped the photograph to create an illustration. Against a stark red background, the crying Yanela appears with President Trump towering over her. The headline, "Welcome to America", appears on the left in a small, traditional font.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Migrant Girl: The Story Behind the Viral Photo", Getty Images FOTO, June 18, 2018. Retrieved on June 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "When the Government Takes Your Children", Getty Images FOTO, June 14, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Schmidt, Samantha; Phillips., Kristine (June 22, 2018). "The crying Honduran girl on the cover of Time was not separated from her mother, father says". Washington Post. ICE said Sanchez was previously deported to Honduras in July 2013.
  4. ↑ Holson, Laura M. (June 22, 2018). "She Became a Face of Family Separation at the Border. But She's Still With Her Mother". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ Edwards, Kyle."The Story Behind the Photos of a Little Girl at the Border You're Seeing Everywhere", Maclean's Magazine, June 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ Gold, Hadas (June 22, 2018). "Time cover backlash: Magazine stands by illustration of crying girl next to Trump". CNN. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ @JBMoorePhoto "A Honduran asylum seeker, 2, and her mother are taken into custody near the US-Mexico border. The Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy for undocumented immigrants calls for the separation of parents and children." https://twitter.com/jbmoorephoto/status/1006962031281360896" Twitter. June 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Reunite an immigrant parent with their child", Facebook Fundraiser for RAICES. June 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Beaumont, Peter. "Image of sobbing toddler at US border: ‘It was hard for me to photograph'", The Guardian June 19, 2018.
  10. ↑ Siegler, Kirk. "The Trump Administration's 'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Policy Is Playing Out In California", NPR.orgMay 18, 2018. Retrieved on June 19, 2018.
  11. ↑ Jacobs, Julia (June 19, 2018). "They Wanted to Raise $1,500 for Immigrant Families at the Border. They Got Over $20 Million". New York Times. The Willners’ page is the largest single fund-raiser in Facebook’s history, said Roya Winner, a Facebook spokeswoman. Several broader campaigns made up of multiple fund-raisers, like one created in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, have raised more.
  12. ↑ Sanders, Sarah [@PressSec] (June 22, 2018). "It's shameful that dems and the media exploited this photo of a little girl to push their agenda. She was not separated from her mom. The separation here is from the facts. Dems should join POTUS and fix our broken immigration system. #ChangetheLaws" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ↑ @DonaldJTrumpJr (June 22, 2018). "But but but... narrative. The dad is obviously lying because CNN said so. Right???" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Time Magazine Cover, Time Magazine. July 2, 2018.
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