‘Morning Joe’ Cites Unconfirmed Story on Air About Migrant Child Dying While in Government Custody

‘But we get no information, no transparency from the government’

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SCARBOROUGH “So, we’re checking the story about a child who an immigration lawyer said I think, a news outlet retweeted, that a child may have died in custody. There is no confirmation of that story yet. So, if we get confirmation, we’ll let you know. But right now —
BRZEZINSKI: “Along with conflicting reports about how they’re being treated in custody reports abuse that we’re reading about.”
SCARBOROUGH: “Which, of course, the problem is the lack of transparency that you’re hearing from immigration lawyers and you’re hearing from local news reporters that are following this story."

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