When it’s not their mother or daughter, politicians play lip service to family matters and immigration. When it is their family, in the case of Democratic Florida Congressman Allan Boyd and his son, suddenly protecting the family is important. His family. Not the family of the immigrants the 30 year old son of the Congressman was charged with smuggling after federal authorities found people hidden in his truck during a border inspection Sunday in Arizona.

Rep. Allen Boyd, a Democrat from Monticello, in Florida’s Panhandle, said today in a statement released by his office that the arrest of his son, John Finlayson Boyd, “is a family matter that my family and I will be dealing with privately.”

Authorities said two of the undocumented immigrants found in Boyd’s truck told them they had agreed to pay $3,000 each to be smuggled into the United States.

Certainly, the immigrants have been detained, are living in horrific conditions as they await deportation.

Via / Adventures in the Coconut Caucus