Photos taken inside an illegal immigrant detention facility in South Texas reveal children at the shelter are eating better than American schoolchildren who had to endure former First Lady Michelle Obama’s nationwide lunch program.
Last Wednesday MSNBC’s Jacob Soboroff was one of a few people allowed inside a converted Walmart in Brownsville, Texas, operated by Austin-based non-profit Southwest Key Programs, where nearly 1,500 boys are detained.
While Soboroff claimed the children appeared to be “incarcerated,” one photo shows children are receiving rather healthy meals compared to those tweeted out by public school students during the Obama era.
“Here are some photos of the boys in the cafeteria,” Soboroff tweeted. “This is not a school cafeteria. Hundreds called to eat at a time on rotating shifts. When I told @chrislhayes it felt like a prison or jail, I was thinking about this.”
The photos show children holding lunch plates with what appears to be a chicken sandwich served on wheat buns with all the fixins, along with a serving of french fries and a heaping portion of peaches.
Here are some photos of the boys in the cafeteria.
This is not a school cafeteria.
Hundreds called to eat at a time on rotating shifts.
When I told @chrislhayes it felt like a prison or jail, I was thinking about this. pic.twitter.com/feZI46SPAc
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) June 14, 2018
That’s a pretty decent meal compared to the crap school kids were forced to eat under Michelle O.’s “Let’s Move” initiative just a few years ago.
#ThanksMichelleObama just what a 16 year old girl needs pic.twitter.com/yFtk2BQao1
— Amber Lynn (@Amber_Lynn_S) November 21, 2014
https://twitter.com/cerasyko/status/540898276015611905
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/OZJDFMdBH6
— em fil (@EmilieFiliatrau) February 23, 2015
This "healthy food" was served for breakfast today at school. #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/AyP6Zd2O0G
— Stephen Wheadon (@wheadon29) March 25, 2015
@MichelleObama thank you for this great lunch that wont even fill us up!!! #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/flq95uo6be
— Tyler Reed (@ReedTyler21) April 20, 2015
Today's lunch left me totally full and satisfied. #thanksmichelleobama pic.twitter.com/x9J2ujgxYT
— Jeff Goodwin (@JeffGoodwin7) December 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/Twiillss/status/450614897852694528
@MichelleObama so this is the "healthy school lunch"… pic.twitter.com/qgxL5ez9zh
— Tyler Clements (@TylerClements6) April 3, 2014
Really enjoying my half-pocket and my full spoonful of green beans #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/Z0hRWidlVK
— Trey Palmer (@TreyPalma) January 8, 2015
Is that a cheeseburger? #SchoolLunches #ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/ew5dgbDaVI
— Joseph O'Connor (@joeoak_30) April 18, 2015
#ThanksMichelleObama pic.twitter.com/ga8LXmPXly
— L A R S (@LarsenMccleary) April 8, 2015
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