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The administration spent June 17 trying to defend a policy that was ripping children from parents at the border, but the explanation was becoming harder to sell by the hour. Officials blamed Congress, blamed existing law, and blamed past administrations, yet their own zero-tolerance push was the engine driving the crisis and the outrage around it.
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The administration spent June 17 trying to defend a policy that was ripping children from parents at the border, but the explanation was becoming harder to sell by the hour. Officials blamed Congress, blamed existing law, and blamed past administrations, yet their own zero-tolerance push was the engine driving the crisis and the outrage around it.
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The administration spent June 17 trying to defend a policy that was ripping children from parents at the border, but the explanation was becoming harder to sell by the hour. Officials blamed Congress, blamed existing law, and blamed past administrations, yet their own zero-tolerance push was the engine driving the crisis and the outrage around it.
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