From Reader Kyle:

by Naomi Lim
| June 18, 2018

A viral photo that appeared to depict a child detained at the border over his immigration status was actually taken at a protest, according to fact-checkers.

The image was shared by social media users like journalist and filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas, who said in the caption: "This is what happens when a government believes people are 'illegal.' Kids in cages."

This is what happens when a government believes people are “illegal.”

fact-checking websites Snopes and PolitiFact found other pictures of the boy wearing the same clothes at a demonstration on June 10 organized by the Brown Berets de Cemanahuac's Texas chapter in Dallas.

Leroy Pena, who took the image, told PolitiFact the youngster had followed his older brother into the enclosure before spotting his mother outside.

"He was only in there 30 or 40 seconds," Pena said.