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Immigration agents take 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody in San Diego
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Coverage spectrum
Covered by 3 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).
3 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias
Immigration officers took an 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody after a check-in at an ICE office in San Diego, according to local advocates and the San Diego Unified School District. The boy, a third grader at Fay Elementary School, was placed with the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which takes custody of children deemed unaccompanied minors. The Department of Homeland Security says the uncle who brought him was not a family member or legal guardian, and that removing the child was done out of an abundance of caution. The school district and advocates say the uncle had been caring for the boy since his father was deported last year. Video of the removal, obtained by NBC San Diego, has spread online.
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Immigration officers took an 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody at a San Diego immigration check-in, according to advocates, the school district and DHS.
Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- NBC News, ABC News
- Center
- Scripps News
The boy was placed in the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, according to advocates and DHS.
Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
- Left
- NBC News
- Center
- Scripps News
DHS says the uncle who brought the boy was not a family member or legal guardian.
One outletScripps News· Center
The school district says the boy had been living with the uncle, who brought him to the check-in.
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- Left
- ABC News
- Center
- Scripps News
According to advocates, the boy’s father was deported last year.
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- Left
- NBC News, ABC News
What is contested
Where accounts differ
Questions the coverage answers differently, and who says what.
Was the uncle who brought the boy part of his family and his legal guardian?
DHS, in a statement reported by Scripps News, says ICE confirmed the man was not part of the boy’s family and was not his legal guardian. The school district and advocates describe him as the uncle who had been caring for the boy.
How each side tells it
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All three outlets report that ICE officers took an 8-year-old Haitian boy into custody at a San Diego check-in. Left coverage centers the child and the accounts of the school district and advocates, while the center report leads with DHS’s defense that the uncle was not a legal guardian.
the left
2 outlets
Left headlines, from NBC and ABC, center the child: his age, being taken alone, and the uncle he lived with, with NBC also stressing the school district’s reaction.
A Haitian 8-year-old was taken by ICE at routine check-in, Sensational language“rattling”The verb suggests alarm among the district rather than reporting what the district did or said.More neutral: affectingDisagree with this highlight? a San Diego school district
NBC NewsLeftAll left-leaning headlines the center
1 outlet
The one center headline, from Scripps, frames the event as ICE separating the child from his caretaker, with the DHS defense placed in the lede.
ICE separates 8-year-old Haitian child from caretaker
Scripps NewsCenterAll center headlines the right
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rattling
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Has not covered this story.
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rattlingMore neutral: affecting
The verb suggests alarm among the district rather than reporting what the district did or said.
A Haitian 8-year-old was taken by ICE at routine check-in, rattling a San Diego school district
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From the left
2 outletsLeads with
- the boy’s age and appearance
- separation from his uncle and cousins
- accounts from the school district and advocates
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- NBC NewsLeft
A Haitian 8-year-old was taken by ICE at routine check-in, Sensational language“rattling”The verb suggests alarm among the district rather than reporting what the district did or said.More neutral: affectingDisagree with this highlight? a San Diego school district
The school district and immigration advocates said the boy was separated from his cousins and uncle, who was taking care of him after his father was deported last year.
- ABC NewsLeft
8-year-old Haitian boy placed in federal custody alone after ICE check-in
An 8-year-old Haitian boy who lost Temporary Protected Status earlier this year was taken into federal custody during an immigration check-in.
From the center
1 outletLeads with
- DHS defense of the officers
- the uncle’s lack of legal guardianship
- ICE’s stated reason for removal
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- Scripps NewsCenter
ICE separates 8-year-old Haitian child from caretaker
The Department of Homeland Security is defending ICE officers who took custody of an 8-year-old Haitian child at an immigration hearing in San Diego last week. …
From the right
0 outletsNo right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.
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Who reported it when
How the coverage built up
Left
First to report
ABC News, Nov 8, 8:51 PM EST
Center
21 hr 20 min later
Its first report, Nov 9, 6:10 PM EST
Right
No report yet
From the outlets Mantle follows
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- ABC NewsLeftNov 8, 8:51 PM EST
- Scripps NewsCenterNov 9, 6:10 PM EST
- NBC NewsLeftNov 9, 7:27 PM EST
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