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In the flourishing world of baseless conspiracy theories, this one, part hoax, part smear, has been having its moment.

The idea that people whose experiences speak to some of the consequences of government policies are not to be taken at face value, and are actually crisis actors workingfor a nefarious purpose, has taken on particular prominence in the wake of mass shootings,such as those in Newtown, Conn., and Parkland, Fla.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter on Sunday became the latest figure to spreada similar claim, as a guest on a Fox News show, when she charged that some of the migrant children who have been photographed in varying stages of distresswere child actors, in a bit of messaging she directed at President Trump.

These child actors weeping and crying on all the other networks 24/7 right now; do not fall for it, Mr. President, she said, staring directly into the camera.I get very nervous about the president getting his news from TV.

The separation of children from their parents, a result of a new hard-line immigration enforcement practicerolled out by the Trump administration in recent months, has become a lightning rod political issue, an emotional wedge that has cut across partisan lines in the midst of the national debate about immigration. Supporters of the president have defended the practice, blaming parents for bringing their children across the border and arguing that the children are well cared for once they are takenaway. The president has blamed Democrats, though the practice is a result of changes made by his appointees.

[A secret recording captures the sounds of crying children separated from parents at the border]

Though many Trump supporters have defended the practice, until now no high-profile figures had questioned the authenticity of thechildrens experiences.

Instead, more information about the separations 2,300children have been taken from their parents since the beginning of May, around the time the new zero tolerance policy was rolled out has trickled out in recent days, in the form of reporters visits to the detention centers where the children are held, pictures and even leaked audio. A photograph by Getty Images John Moore of a 2-year-old crying as her mother was patted down by a border agent before the two were separated ricocheted around the media-sphere over the weekend, becoming a stand-in for what some see as the abject cruelty of the new practice.

[I wanted to stop her crying: The image of a migrant child that broke a photographers heart]

Moore, who has been photographing the border for 10 years after stints covering war zones overseas, told The Washington Postabout how he took the photo, after watching a group of migrants cross the border in boats before being apprehended by agents.

Coulters remarks went unquestioned by Fox News host Steve Hilton, on whose show she appeared. He did try to move the conversation forward as a break in the show approached.

I dont know if thats he said, trailing off as Coulter continued. I told you we wouldnt get a word in, he said to the two other guests, Republican former congressman Jason E. Chaffetz and Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.

But Coulter continued.

These kids are being coached, she said. Theyre given scripts to read by liberals. ... Dont fall for the actor children.

She said her information came from New Yorker magazine, though it was not immediately clear which report she was referring to.

Over a series of emails with The Post, Coulterdid not provide evidence for her claim.

If they were genuine asylees, theyd have stopped in Mexico, she said. Theyd go to Guatemala or Colombia. No, theyre being marched to the U.S. as a political weapon.

In a statement provided by a Fox News spokeswoman, Hilton said: I do not endorse her comments or anything else said by anyone other than myself.

Paul Farhi contributed to this report.

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Ann Coulter weighed in on the immigration debate on Sunday, saying that many of the images of crying children shown across cable news channels were fabricated and the result of child actors.

I would also say one other thing, these child actors weeping and crying on all the other networks 24/7 right now: do not fall for it, Mr. President. I get very nervous about the president getting his news from TV, said Coulter on the set of Fox News The Next Revolution.

A New Yorker article the New Yorker is not a conservative publication they describe how these kids, these kids are being coached. Theyre given scripts to read by liberals, according to the New Yorker. Dont fall for the actor children.

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Its unclear which New Yorker article Coulter is referring to. Both she and New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick did not immediately respond to request for clarification on Monday.

The charge from Coulter is a particularly explosive one, as it is a favorite among more conspiracy-minded media figures. Reports by outlets like InfoWars and the Gateway Pundit saying that the Parkland shooting survivors were in fact crisis actors were widely condemned by both Democrats and Republicans.

Coulter has long positioned herself as a ferocious hawk in Americas immigration debate and has regularly attacked President Trump over the lack of progress on the border wall with Mexico. Coulter is one of just 45 people who the president follows on Twitter and one of the very few people who has been able to attack him with impunity. Her book Adios America is widely cited as the model for President Trumps immigration policies.

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The immigration issue has become increasingly charged as news outlets confirmed Monday that migrant children separated from their families were being held in cages in detention centers.

On Monday, the Associated Press was unequivocal.

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait away from their parents in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets, they wrote.

Megyn Kelly calls Trump out on womenTrump famously feuded former anchor Kelly after she asked him a tough question at a Republican primary debate about derogatory statements he's made about women. Trump took it personally, judging by his response on Twitter and in interviews. He later famously said Kelly must have had "blood coming out of her wherever" regarding the question. Watch the debate question here.

Kelly to Trump: "Facts matter"Trump kept hammering at Kelly on Twitter and elsewhere. When he called her out for not using the IBT poll when he was leading the Republican primary field, Kelly rebuked him with a tweet showing she did use the poll. "Facts matter," she wrote.

Fox mocksTrumpwith statement on debate skippingpollAfter polled his Twitter followers to see ifhe should drop out of a Fox-hosted Republican primary debate,Fox responded artfully with a sarcastic statement that it had learnedfrom "secret" sources Trump might be treated unfairly as president by foreign leaders.

Bill O'Reilly calls out Trump's tweet with totally wrong stats"The O'Reilly Factor" grilled Trump in a Nov. 2015 interview about his tweet that erroneously said black people killed whites at a rate of 81 percent, while whites kill blacks at a rate of 15 percent.O'Reilly told Trump, "You shouldn't tweet." Trump did not take that advice.

Chris Wallace bucks Trump calling media "enemy of the public"After his press conference in January 2017, Trump continued his attack on media he doesn't like on Twitter. Anchor ChrisWallace wasn't having it on "Fox & Friends." Wallace said Trump's comments "crossed an important line" and said they were dangerous.

Wallace says the media is too easy on TrumpIn an interview with TheWrap, Wallace said he thinks Sunday political shows in particular should be tougher on Trump."I think if anything, the media has treated him too well.By that I mean theyve allowed him to play by different rules." Read the full interview.

O'Reilly tells Trump Putin is "a killer"In a February interview, O'Reilly brought up Trump's apparent refusal to criticize Vladimir Putin, calling the Russian president "a killer." Trump famously responded by saying, "What, you think our country is so innocent?" Watch it here.

Smith wails on Trump's refusal to talk about Russia hacksNobody on Fox hits Trump harder than Shep Smith. "We have a right to know You call us fake news and put us down like children for asking questions on behalf of the American people." Watch it here.

Neil Cavuto tells Trump he's problem, not mainstream mediaResponding to Trump's tweet claiming the mainstream media wants him off social media, Cavuto called out Trump for losing track of his own agenda. "Mr. President, it is not the fake news media that's your problem, it's you," Cavuto said. Watch it here.

Smith blasts Trump administration on Russia: "Lie after lie after lie"Shep Smith was at it again following the news breaking about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer. He took the Trump administration to task for its many lies about meetings with Russia, including Jared Kushner failing to report the meeting on his security clearance forms. "My grandmother used to say, 'What a tangled web we weave when first we try to deceive,'" Smith declared on air, leaving fellow anchor Chris Wallace speechless. Watch it here.

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In an interview with talk radio host Mark Simone, Coulter slammed Trumps attacks on Sessions, noting that when it comes to immigration, Sessions has accomplished more than any other cabinet member.

Coulter said:

[Sessions recusing himself] has nothing to do with Sessions and has everything to do with Trump. And this infantile, trolling your own attorney general Sessions is the only one doing anything on Trumps central campaign promise, which Trump seems to have forgotten, immigration. And now all he does to Sessions is send him nasty tweets across social media? Fire him if you dont want him. [Emphasis added]

While Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has struggled to decrease illegal immigration surges at the southern border, Sessions has introduced major reforms to courts and judicial process to ensure that border crossers are more effectively prosecuted.

Sessions, as Breitbart News has chronicled, has worked to end the Catch and Release program where border crossers are released into the interior of the U.S. by instructing judges to quickly assess immigration cases. Sessions has also dramatically increased deportation orders against illegal aliens.

Months ago, Sessions ended a taxpayer fundedfederal program that gave legal advice to illegal aliens, as Breitbart News reported.

John Binder is a reporterfor Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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Fox News host Laura Ingraham had conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter on her Friday night show to discuss MSNBC host Joy Reids recently-revealed blog posts attacking both women, and Coulter wasnt about to take any of it lying down.

The post, entitled Dear Mr. Coulter, ended with one hell of an idea, which was linked to apostentitled, Can we send Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter to Iraq, put them in a public square and just leave them there? (RELATED:Joy Reid: It Was A Hell Of An Idea To Send Laura Ingraham And Ann Coulter To Iraq, Put Them In Public Square And Leave Them There)

No one actually loves you, Reid wrote of Coulter. And particularly, no one loves you enough to actually breed with you (provided they could figure out whether you would, in fact, be supplying the sperm, or the egg).

Im sure none of this surprises you, Ingraham told Coulter as they began the segment. This is what you and I have become accustomed to. Liberals can say anything they want about women, minorities, Jews, and get away with it.

After talking about the Friday Daily Caller report, Coulter responded with a self-deprecating joke about her beautiful swan-like neck followed by a jab at liberal women who have rolls of fat on their neck.

And then of course there was the always popular calling me a man for having a beautiful swan-like neck, said Coulter. Liberal women, as long as were being frank here, arent used to that because they have rolls of fat on their neck. Theyre really taken aback by my beautiful swan-like neck.

Eventually the conversation switched to the firing of Roseanne Barr, and Coulter wondered aloud why people like Reid and Samantha Bee are still on the air.

I never saw the old show or the new show, but she was getting ratings like we havent even heard of for 20 years! said Coulter. To be dumping that show because of crazy tweets she was sending she has always sent crazy tweets! This is nothing new. I mean, you know, I dont want to be sent to a concentration camp- Yes, I condemn her tweet, but shes always sent crazy tweets that are deserving of condemnation. It has nothing to do with that, and if they really cared about offensive tweets and so on, well obviously Samantha Bee and Joy Reid wouldnt be on air but no, we gotta keep them! (RELATED:ABC Discussing Potential Roseanne Spinoff Featuring Actor Sara Gilbert, But Theres A Catch)

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Conservative commentator Ann Coulter proposed a novel solution for illegal immigration, suggesting that U.S. border guards might solve the problem and send a message to others by shooting a migrant trying to cross into the United States.

I mean, unless theyre going to shoot one and send a message to the rest, Coulter told radio hostLars Larson earlier this week. If you shoot one to encourage the others, maybe theyll learn, but otherwise, well see, well see.

Coulter analogized her position to the Voltaire line from Candide We hang one to encourage the others.

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The GOP fire queen was on the program to continue her excoriation tour against President Trump, which has been ongoing since he signed the federal omnibus spending bill last March.

Coulter told Larson that she was not confident that the presidents latest plan to send the military to police the U.S. border would make any noticeable difference.

Both Obama and Bush did this too. No, theres a reason the chant was we want a wall, we dont want to use the military to process illegals and let them into the country, she said.

While Coulter still hasnt completely jumped off the Trump Train and the movement which led Donald Trump to the White House she has become increasingly ferocious in her denunciations.

During a talk at Columbia University last month, Coulter called the president a shallow, lazy, ignoramus.

As one of 45 people the president follows on Twitter, it is almost impossible to believe he hasnt noticed the upswing in attacks from Coulter. To date, however, he has declined from attacking her publicly.

Laura Ingraham lost eight sponsors from her Fox News show this week after criticizing Parkland shooting survivor and activist David Hogg. And it's not even the first time she's been at the center of a public feud this year. Here are several recent instances where Ingraham has taken to Twitter or to the air and stirred national attention.

David Hogg

On March 28, Ingraham tweeted, "David Hogg by Rejected Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it." Hogg then called for a boycott of 12 companies that advertise on Ingraham's show. Eight sponsors in all, Hulu, TripAdvisor, Wayfair, Nutrish, Expedia, Stitch Fix, Johnson & Johnson and Nestle pulled their ads from The Ingraham Angle. Ingraham issued an apology, but didn't address the topic on her show and hasn't yet deleted her original tweet. Hogg then told CNN that he plans to put even more pressure on Ingraham and others.The fact that theyre going after us personally shows that what were doing is working. We have them scared and now we have to go even harder, Hogg said.

LeBron James

When NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant made some anti-Trump remarks during an interview with ESPN's Cari Champion, Ingraham called James's comments "ignorant" and said, "Youre great players; no one voted for you. Millions elected Trump to be their coach. So keep the political commentary to yourself, or as someone once said, shut up and dribble.' Her statement earned a strong response from James, even though he said he didn't even know Ingraham's name.I will not just shut up and dribble, the Cleveland Cavaliers player said. So, thank you, whatever her name is I get to sit up here and talk about whats really important and how I can help change kids." Ingraham issued a statement that there was no racial intent behind her words and that she has used the expression telling entertainers to "Shut Up" frequently in the past.

Hillary Clinton

While speaking at the Republican National Convention, Ingraham was criticized for appearing to give the Nazi salute after her speech. She then dragged Hillary Clinton into the controversy, tweeting a collage of photos of Clinton also extending her hand in a similar fashion. "It's Hillary ... hands down!" "Duh its a satiric response to the left-wing criticism of Lauras wave last night. Desperate liberals, Ingraham tweeted.

Paul Ryan

Back in 2015 when Paul Ryan was being considered to be Speaker of the House, he said he would accept the job on the condition that "family comes first." "I cannot and I will not give up my family time," Ryan said. Ingraham tweeted, but later deleted, a criticism saying, "like no one has ever sacrificed family time to serve the country?" "Our country is in a crisis and we need Republican leaders willing to unconditionally offer their service to the country," she added in a separate tweet.

MikaBrzezinski

Engaged hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough have a habit of getting flirty on "Morning Joe," and Ingraham finds it hilarious. On Feb. 8, Sean Hannity prepared to hand off the time Ingraham when she started twirling her hair, lilting her voice and doing her best flirty Brzenzski impression.What, what Sean, youre always right. No youre always right. You. Are. Always. Right. I mean, really, Ingraham said.

Ed Schultz

Ingraham didn't start this fight. The MSNBC personality called Ingraham a "right-wing slut" on his radio show, a comment that earned him a week-long suspension from MSNBC. He apologized and called his comments "vile and inappropriate," and Ingraham accepted his apology. She even joked that Schultz used to be conservative."We'll welcome you back with open arms," she said.

Donald Trump

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Ingraham critiqued the president for leaving much of his executive branch understaffed.We can all look at these horrific pictures, and we can conclude that a federal government does need staff," Ingraham said. Trump, a frequent viewer of "Fox & Friends," heard Ingraham's criticism of his administration loud and clear and responded to her directly on Twitter. "We are not looking to fill all of those positions. Don't need many of them reduce size of government, Trump tweeted.

Shepard Smith

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith gave some pointed criticism to his colleagues, telling Time that he knows some of Fox's opinion shows are "strictly to be entertaining." "I dont work there. I wouldnt work there. I dont want to sit around and yell at each other and talk about your philosophy and my philosophy. That sounds horrible to me. Both Sean Hannity and Ingraham took issue with Smith's comments. "Always liked Shep, but his comments were inconsiderate & inaccurate. The hard working team at the Ingraham Angle does real reporting, develops impt sources and scores big interviews. Very proud of them," she tweeted.

Host of The Ingraham Angle has also critiqued Paul Ryan, Donald Trump and Shepard Smith

Laura Ingraham lost eight sponsors from her Fox News show this week after criticizing Parkland shooting survivor and activist David Hogg. And it's not even the first time she's been at the center of a public feud this year. Here are several recent instances where Ingraham has taken to Twitter or to the air and stirred national attention.

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