'Caged Migrant Children' Photo Goes Viral … Until It Gets Obama-Era Date Stamp

A photo of "caged migrant children" went viral among liberals critical of President Donald Trump last week, that is until the image got an Obama-era date stamp, RT.com reported.

The photo of two children sleeping in a detention facility run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement started making its rounds late last week, the news website reported.

Shaming comments about the photo appeared on social media from CNN journalist Hadas Gold, New York Times magazine editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein, former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, Women's March cofounder Linda Sarsour, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and liberal activist Shaun King, among others, RT.com said.

The Daily Caller pointed out, though, that the photo came from an Arizona Republic 2014 article and wasn’t current. The Republic confirmed the fact on Twitter.

Photos of children at a migrant holding facility have gone viral on social media. The pictures are from 2014. They were originally posted with this azcentral article about unaccompanied migrant children who were transported to a facility in Arizona. https://t.co/2DXdszR0SU

— azcentral (@azcentral) May 27, 2018

Caleb Hull, senior editor of the Independent Journal Review, called out the photo's tweeters in a post.

A lot of big names are sharing this article from 2014, but they didn’t say a word back when it actually happened under Obama.

• Linda Sarsour - Women’s March co-founder
• Jon Favreau - Obama’s speechwriter
• Jake Silverstein - NYT Magazine editor-in-chief pic.twitter.com/R4AQEDM6BD

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) May 27, 2018

Once the actual date of the Arizona Republic photo was exposed, the original tweeters were left scrambling to explain their original posts, which some deleted all together.

Deleted previous tweet because gave impression of recent photos (they’re from 2014)

— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) May 27, 2018

Correction: this link, which was going around this morning, is from 2014. Still disturbing, of course, but only indirectly related to current situation. My bad (and a good reminder not to RT things while distracted w family on the weekend). https://t.co/zbM4I0woUF

— Jake Silverstein (@jakesilverstein) May 27, 2018

These awful pictures are from 2014, when the government's challenge was reconnecting unaccompanied minors who showed up at the border with family or a safe sponsor.

Today, in 2018, the government is CREATING unaccompanied minors by tearing them away from family at the border. https://t.co/Jgbbnq0djq

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 27, 2018

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