December 7 1943: 56,082 People in Auschwitz; December 7 2019: 69,550 Children in Border Camps? Social media users shared a shocking comparison between the number of people in Auschwitz at the end of 1943 with the number of children alone in border camps.
Detainee Trying to Feed Her Baby or ‘The Nativity 2019’? A heartwrenching image of a detainee trying to feed her baby through a fence in December 2019 was actually taken in Argentina in 2013.
Jewish Prisoners Liberated from a Train in Madgeburg in April 1945 A popular Reddit post centered on a photograph purportedly showing the moment the prisoners were freed from a train that had been intercepted by Allied forces.
Did Riots and War End Japanese Internment, Slavery, and World War II? On July 16 2019, the Facebook page “Close the Camps” shared the following screenshot (archived here) of a Facebook post asserting that riots, rebellion, and war were necessary to put a stop to concentration camps, World War II, and slavery: https://www.facebook.com/CloseCamps/photos/a.2360083690947082/2376037232685061/?type=3&theater The original post was published by Facebook user Rick Glass that same day. In full, […]
Did ‘Leftist Protesters’ Scream ‘F*** the Troops’ at a Detention Facility Protest in Aurora? On July 15 2019, Facebook user DC Draino and Twitter user @StClairAshley shared footage purportedly showing a confrontation between StClair and unnamed “leftist protesters” outside an immigration detention facility in Aurora, Colorado: https://www.facebook.com/dcdraino/videos/379512506097139/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARD01EWr-2FAn7K0_n69mV-rwRfKB8qSP3Pdg3gPceShFE2I9mUVBdnauvn56XFNI-_btWvfWWlKMQQqXHreIgIOjPJuqIf5qQlWHav5JsLz2-ZfRA7-tPNNKHwABcxI0mc7YyDG-bjL_O1nWquE4LWQc39h7WR6LJOkArmJvjFOTCj_llVmS-7sZIaIEmOQmADxzZ725LomvnOti7JyqE1xu4rsnHAMoJxz2DQGTKtakIoPNZZhYq2FTN2FnO4NxyR9cDJQce_3G8m3ibamVd2aT7Xw9tk-QaywY6pcAJUhgu1iIuPP8bsEGG5scVdvk7tHBNx3BrRO5S2sNLIF9zMaj-tKbtxbPpuguQ&__xts__%5B1%5D=68.ARArgfudWK5iqebRJgGNN3XwhbIaDbEYnqNu8YSq-RxJ4YNxUdP4noJL90Hbr2PEtLDonzW7FTP68pUTPh7V2UqQUUK_VcbcG3iQrmsjRJvco25wWC5HNqIwEAdbAlQlUh7Ep5dogQHlhQ9sUFpB6ec5yDOQpYp8WSnxpsVSggSSY6ev7bKpxc3Kb6AEvKD6PYOfZhyn1GLQCxmtrIE0zx42cMzBT8XLgF4GB2lxr9vEr2t9JT8kNO8oRJXWEuJ5BGxQRMnSYSbscaA_od6Aovjju6zXASdYmx8lLh9s8k2ho-Teh-L9K5CRh2D84VSBwH4JLKfE6r_CUYC9cqp8_1yL-wTur1GNh1u1Pw&__tn__=-R It was heavily implied, though not stated outright, that this was during the co-ordinated July 12, 2019 Lights for Liberty protests that took […]
Dr. Seuss ‘Foreign Children’ Comic In June 2019, the following meme featuring a quote by a Fox News personality and a purported comic by Dr. Seuss on “foreign children” circulated on social media: At the top of the meme was a screenshot of Fox News’ Fox & Friends, and a June 2018 quote from Brian Kilmeade during the show. Kilmeade said […]
Does It Cost $750 a Day to House Migrant Children in Camps? In June 2019, social media posts popped up claiming that that it costs taxpayers $750 (or $775) per child per day to house immigrant children in “tent cities” and other detention facilities. A June 22 2019 post on the Facebook page “Your Privilege Is Showing” was shared nearly 10,000 times, and it featured a screenshot […]
Asylum-Seekers Held Under a Bridge in El Paso On March 28 2019, a Twitter user shared the following tweet, purportedly showing a large number of people being detained under an overpass in El Paso, Texas: This concentration camp full of children is in El Paso, Texas, United States. It’s 2019. pic.twitter.com/9wIHzsGKNL — Amir (@AmirAminiMD) March 28, 2019 The images appeared to be authentic […]
