Critics were quick to point to a “zero tolerance” policy
announced earlier this month by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that authorizes
border security agents to take away the children of people who enter the United
States unlawfully.
Ivanka Trump is facing an online backlash for tweeting a
“tone deaf” photo of herself cuddling her son as outrage grows over a federal
government policy to separate the children of undocumented migrants from their
parents.
The eldest daughter of President Donald Trump, who serves
as an advisor to her father, posted the picture of her with her infant son on
Sunday, with the caption: “My <3! #SundayMorning.”
Critics were quick to point to a “zero tolerance” policy
announced earlier this month by Attorney General Jeff Sessions that authorizes
border security agents to take away the children of people who enter the United
States unlawfully.
The government places such children in foster homes, but
Steven Wagner, a senior official in the Department of Health and Human Services
told a Congressional committee last month the government was “unable to
determine with certainty the whereabouts of 1,475” minors after attempting to
contact their sponsors in the last three months of 2017.
“Isn’t it the just the best to snuggle your little one --
knowing exactly where they are, safe in your arms? It’s the best. The BEST.
Right, Ivanka? Right?” tweeted comedian Patton Oswalt.
“If there were a Tone-Deaf Olympics, you would be its
Michael Phelps,” added John Pavlovitz, a writer.
Many others tweeted using the #WhereAreTheChildren
hashtag.
Donald Trump, for his part, blamed opposition Democrats
for the “horrible law” in a tweet on Saturday -- though there is no law
mandating the policy and it was not immediately clear what he may have meant.
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