Fact Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the Border
June 19, 2018 |
Good morning from Washington, where even conservatives are freaking out about how the media says federal officials treat children at the border. The facts aren't nearly so sensational, Fred Lucas discovers. The hullabaloo seems designed to distract attention from that bombshell inspector general's report on the FBI's investigation of the Clinton email scandal. Rachel del Guidice looks at a Senate panel's initial moves. Plus: David Inserra on faulty immigration reforms, Mike Gonzalez and Joseph Natali on Ivy League discrimination, and Jim Campbell on the real man behind the wedding cake case. It's Juneteenth, and Jarrett Stepman explains the import. |
NewsFact Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the BorderNinety percent of apprehended children last year were released to a sponsor who was either a parent or close relative. |
CommentaryHouse 'Compromise' Immigration Bill Fails to Adequately Address Broken SystemRather than making the right changes on border security, enforcement, and legal immigration reforms, the bill is based on a complex amnesty scheme. |
Commentary'Juneteenth' Is About the Triumph of American Freedom Over SlaveryWhen Union Gen. Gordon Granger steamed into Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, as the newly appointed commander of the District of Texas, one of his first orders of business was to declare all of the state's slaves free. |
NewsFBI Director Wray Outlines Ways to Prevent Missteps Made in Clinton Email Probe"We are going to hold accountable any employee for potential misconduct," says FBI Director Christopher Wray. |
CommentaryHarvard's Oppression of MinoritiesFor years, Asian-Americans have been cowed into hiding their race to improve their chances at attending an Ivy League school. Any serious advocate of civil rights should be outraged at such a blatant injustice. |
CommentaryI Represent Christian Baker Jack Phillips. Believe Me, He's a Good Man.One day when I was with Jack Phillips in his bakery, a woman introduced herself and said: "I'm gay, and I support you. You're in the right." |
CommentaryTrump Is More Right Than Wrong About Migrant Crime in GermanyBefore Germany's Angela Merkel opened the borders, there was a conspicuous lack of suicide bombings outside music festivals, of civilians being attacked with an ax on trains, of Christmas market shoppers being run over by trucks. |
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