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On 19 June 2018, readers began asking about an audio recording of distressed children in immigration detention centers, crying what sounded like mommy and papa in the custody of border authorities: A version of the recording was published to Facebook by the page Occupy Democrats on 18 June 2018. In that post, the mostly-Spanish dialogue was captioned in English and cries of mami and papa were captioned as mommy and daddy (many Spanish speakers call their mothers mami as well as mamá, just as many English speakers may refer to their mothers as mommy or mama or mom): Occupy Democrats provided the name of the source (investigative journalism outfit ProPublica), but no link or any additional information. On 18 June 2018, ProPublica published an article (titled Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border) reporting that the outlet had obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility. An audio-only clip of crying immigrant children and border authorities uploaded with the original article was more than seven minutes long: The outlet reported that the audio recording was captured at some point during the previous week inside an unidentified Customs and Border Protection detention facility by someone who wished to remain anonymous:
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