Fact Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the Border

The Daily Signal
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.

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Fact Checking 4 Claims About Detaining Children at the Border

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I Represent Christian Baker Jack Phillips. Believe Me, He's a Good Man.

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