There's a stark difference in the way Fox News and Fox News Latino covered reports of hundreds of migrant children crossing the U.S. border to flee violence in Central America.
Hundreds of migrant children crossing the U.S. border to flee violence in Central America are being held in a makeshift shelter in southern Arizona. The New York Times reported that federal officials predict at least 60,000 unaccompanied minors will attempt to cross into the U.S. by the end of this fiscal year.
In Nogales, Arizona, the Department of Homeland Security made available a warehouse to house thousands of children, but according to local media outlets, it has not been without problems. CBS Houston reported that some of the children have complained to the consul of Honduras that the food provided by the shelter is making them sick.
Fox News Latino reported on the “alarming conditions” in which the “undocumented immigrants” were being held, describing images of the shelters as “shocking” and “overcrowded,” and quoting Arizona Governor Jan Brewer condemning the conditions as “dangerous and unconscionable”:
Yet over on Fox News, anchors teased an upcoming segment on the situation with on screen text that read “Illegal Dumping,” a phrase commonly used to describe the unlawful disposal of garbage or other unwanted items:
Later, on June 13, Fox News reported on news that some military bases would open up to house immigrant families by portraying the immigrants as “whining” and accusing them of complaining “of conditions in free lodging,” while denouncing the administration for “serving illegals while soldiers wait”:
