Sooooo. The Crying Girl On The TIME Cover Was Never Separated From Her Mother After All.

By now, you’ve probably heard about TIME Magazine’s controversial (and totally classless) cover.

TIME’s new cover: A reckoning after Trump's border separation policy: What kind of country are we? https://t.co/U4Uf8bffoR pic.twitter.com/sBCMdHuPGc

— TIME (@TIME) June 21, 2018

"Welcome to America": TIME magazine announces its new cover that shows President Trump and the two-year-old Honduran girl crying at the US-Mexico border https://t.co/niOzBEzLzr pic.twitter.com/qZTSOac9Vm

— CNN (@CNN) June 21, 2018

The photo of the crying little girl was taken by a dude named John Moore. He’s apparently been taking photos of immigrants at the border for “years.”

“This one was tough for me. As soon as it was over, they were put into a van. I had to stop and take deep breaths,” Moore told TIME Tuesday, describing his reaction to the scene of a two-year-old Honduran girl crying as her mother was being detained in McAllen, Texas. “All I wanted to do was pick her up. But I couldn’t.”

Just one problem…the little girl on the cover was never separated from her mother. At least, according to the girl’s father.

Awkward.

For many the photo summed up the cruelty of Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy towards migrants which has caused 2,300 children to be separated from their mothers and fathers.

But Hernandez said that he had heard through family members that his wife and daughter had not actually been separated.

He said that Yanela is the youngest of four children and she was the only one that traveled with her mother, a decision that surprised him.

What’s more, the father said he had no idea his wife planned to take their youngest daughter and flee to the border. She mentioned she wanted to come to the United States, but she didn’t really give him much of a warning.

“I never got the chance to say goodbye to my daughter and now all I can do is wait,” he said.

‘I don’t have any resentment for my wife, but I do think it was irresponsible of her to take the baby with her in her arms because we don’t know what could happen.’

The couple has three other children, son Wesly, 14, and daughters Cindy, 11, and Brianna, six.

‘The kids see what’s happening. They’re a little worried but I don’t try to bring it up that much. They know their mother and sister are safe now.’

Denis said that he believes the journey across the border is only worth it to some degree, and admits that it’s not something he would ever consider.

He said he heard from friends that his wife paid $6,000 for a coyote – a term for someone who smuggles people across the border.

‘I wouldn’t risk my life for it. It’s hard to find a good job here and that’s why many people choose to leave. But I thank God that I have a good job here. And I would never risk my life making that journey.’

So basically, this woman ditched her husband and other kids and risked her youngest daughter’s life to come here.

It sounds pretty selfish, if you ask me.

But again. The girl and her mother are TOGETHER right now. So basically, TIME Magazine’s cover is a huge lie.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, Hernandez, who lives in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, says that he was told yesterday that his wife and child are being detained at a family residential center in Texas but are together and are doing ‘fine.’

‘You can imagine how I felt when I saw that photo of my daughter. It broke my heart. It’s difficult as a father to see that, but I know now that they are not in danger. They are safer now than when they were making that journey to the border,’ he said.

Denis said his wife and daughter were never separated by border control agents and remain together.

I spoke to the father of the little Honduran girl photographed crying at the border. He says he has yet to speak to his wife and daughter but reveals they were never separated and are 'safe' https://t.co/SkZ7VHKlqc

— Karen Ruiz (@_kareruiz) June 21, 2018

This is awkward @TIME

— BuckInTennessee (@BuckInTennessee) June 22, 2018

"Denis said his wife and daughter were never separated by border control agents and remain together."

Hey @TIME. Might want to add that in?https://t.co/4gnYtzfSYn

— Hannah Bleau (@hannahbleau_) June 22, 2018

Would it really be any use though? After all, the narrative is already out there.

h/t Daily Mail