Another question read, “Where are the child migrants coming from?” The answer: “More than three-quarters of the children are from mostly poor and violent towns in three countries: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.” The italics are mine, of course, but they underscore the less-than-subtle bias in the portrait of the children: children caught while crossing illegally, laws that permit their deportation, children who come from the poor and violent towns. In short: barbarians who deserve subhuman treatment.
