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Fact-Checking 3 Claims About Trump and Minors Here Illegally

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - 10:15am
The Daily Signal

May 30, 2018

Good morning from Washington, where Democrats assail President Trump over treatment of minors in America illegally. Fred Lucas has the facts on that, and on the president’s rich source of conservative appeals judges. GOP lawmakers in Congress make good on a pledge to cancel some spending. Rachel del Guidice has details. Outside Washington, a farmer settles a legal fight with neighbors she accused of being allied with green groups. Kevin Mooney has the latest. Plus: Richard Manning on reining in government employee unions, David Inserra on a misguided push for amnesty, and Walter Williams on the morality of capitalism.

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Fact-Checking 3 Claims About Trump and Minors Here Illegally

 

Trump administration officials blame the problems on Democrats' loopholes in the law that deter enforcement.

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Neighbors, Farmer Settle Pitched Lawsuit Over Green Groups and Her Property Rights

 

"Martha Boneta's yearslong litigation … has exposed collusion involving public officials, radical environmentalists, and well-connected Realtors," says Bonner Cohen of the National Center for Public Policy Research.

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Trump Puts an End to Taxpayer Subsidies for Unions

 

In 2016, union employees were paid $177 million by the federal government, not counting office space and travel expenses.

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Pro-Amnesty Republicans Would Undermine Border Security and US Law

 

The current proposal being pushed by some Republicans would legalize as many as 1.8 million illegal immigrants. Doing so would only double down on the failed amnesty model that was tried in 1986 and the 1990s.

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Trump Taps State Farm Team in Remaking Federal Courts

 

"The Trump administration cares about state sovereignty and federalism, and many of these [nominees] are steeped in state law," says The Heritage Foundation's John Malcolm.

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Republican Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Rescind $15 Billion in Spending

 

"We have to start cutting spending somewhere," says Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. "Because if we don't, if we continue to allow federal government spending to grow faster than the economy as a whole, at some point, economic reality will force us to do so in a much more painful manner later."

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Why Capitalism Is Morally Superior to Socialism

 

The forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another person, for any reason, is immoral because it violates self-ownership.

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