The National Public Radio has changed a picture on one of its articles after a liberal immigration activist complained that it was “inflammatory.”
The article in question focused on Joe Biden’s decision to scrap the “Remain in Mexico” policy introduced by his predecessor that forced amnesty applicants to wait in Mexico while their applications are being processed in the U.S. Separately, the Department of Homeland Security said it will stop deporting certain immigrants.
The featured image on NPR’s piece was a picture of the migrant caravan that made news last week for asking Biden to keep his promise that his administration will be more welcoming of migrants. When they reached Guatemala, the government took action to prevent the caravan from moving forward. Security forces clashed with the migrants after some of them tried to break past the police blockade. The police used tear gas and physical force.
Guatemala’s pushback prompted many of the migrants to return to their home countries. Immigration authorities in Guatemala said that more than 2,300 migrants went back to Honduras, where the caravan was formed. Meanwhile, the Biden administration told the migrants that “they’re not going to be able to come into the United States immediately.”
The complaint: Attorney Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of the American Immigration Council responded to NPR’s story on Twitter, arguing that the picture they used for the article is leaving a wrong impression and might mislead users. He called the picture “inflammatory” and said the policy the piece covers has nothing to do with most migrant caravans.
“NPR uses an inflammatory picture of a caravan that was broken up days ago for a story about a deportation moratorium that only applies to those here months ago and a policy reversal that wouldn’t have affected almost all of the caravan even if they had made it here,” he wrote.
“I guarantee you that 99% of the people who saw this tweet did not click the story, and as a result will leave with a completely false opinion about what happened,” he added.
Shortly after, NPR replacedthe image with another one of migrants being greeted by a Mexico immigration attorney at the Paso del Norte International Bridge. Reichlin-Melnick shared a screenshot of the change and tweeted he was “extremely pleased” that the publication listened to critics.
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