Anchor Babies Used as Human Shields

"Much has been written recently about the New York Times editorial describing an ICE raid that apprehended illegal immigrants working in Boston. The Times editorial claims that, 'A screaming baby girl has been forcibly weaned from breast milk and taken, dehydrated, to an emergency room, so that the nation's borders will be secure (March 15, 2007).'

This editorial has fired up the debate about just how reliable the left-leaning New York Times is in reporting the news. We should not, however, be diverted from the story about the ICE raids and the arrest of the employer who hired these illegal immigrants, most of them women. If we dwell on the alleged misrepresentation in the editorial, and make that the story, then we miss the real story. That real story is the ever increasing use of children and anchor babies as human shields by illegal immigrants.

International law considers the use of human shields to protect targets a war crime. Nevertheless, human shields have been used by the Iraqis during the first Gulf War. The Israeli Defense Forces claim that Hezbollah and Hamas used human shields to stop the IDF from shooting at gunmen and rocket launchers. Now, illegal immigrant women are using their children as human shields to prevent their deportation from the United States."

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