Expert: Using Children as Shields is Not Something Media Wants to Shine Light On
SputnikNews.com
26.12.2018
Two Guatemalan children died while in the custody of the US Border Patrol over the span of a month. Sputnik discussed the matter with Glenn Spencer, an American political and anti-immigration activist who serves as the president of the American Border Patrol.
Sputnik: In your personal opinion, why is the mainstream media not focusing on the fact that children are being used as human shields by parents to cross the border illegally?
Glenn Spencer: They don’t really want to focus on the border, they never have. Their reporters will do a good job if said to report; but they will not allow their reporters to really focus on the issues of the border. I’ve been here, on the border, full-time for 17 years; I have been interviewed personally here, at my border ranch, by more than 26 foreign news organisations, but not one from the United States.
Sputnik: Why is it that this issue has blown up right now? Obviously, this is a different situation that we are witnessing with thousands of migrants massing at that particular part of the border; why only now are we talking about it?
Glenn Spencer: I believe that President Trump is serious about securing the border, and the forces who are open borders advocates know this. They want to defeat his efforts to secure the border.
Sputnik: Why aren’t we hearing more from activists or children’s rights groups? You’d think that they’d be very vocal in raising awareness of the situation and the plight of those migrants.
Glenn Spencer: As I read the story about this recent unfortunate death of this 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who was in custody and then when they saw he was ill, they took him to hospital where they treated him and then discharged him. And a short time later he became stressed and they returned him to the hospital where he passed away.
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