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Hillary Clinton rips Trump on migrant child detentions, but Bill Clinton’s own record cuts deep
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement practices, warning that the detention of thousands of migrant children is causing «terrible damage» – but data from former President Bill Clinton’s tenure shows a similar trend.
«Terrible damage to children is being done in our name,» Clinton shared in an X post on Wednesday, along with data showing the Trump administration has so far detained 6,200 children, with an average of 226 children held a day.
Clinton’s criticism lands against a historical record that complicates the attack, because federal data from the 1990s showed hundreds of juveniles in custody on an average day under former President Clinton as immigration enforcement toughened.
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Hillary Clinton speaks to members of the media outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Feb. 26, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)
The Clinton administration’s Immigration and Naturalization Service, a former agency within the Department of Justice, detained 4,136 unaccompanied illegal juveniles in fiscal year 2000 for longer than a 72-hour period, according to a Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report published in 2001. About 400 to 500 children were held in custody on an average day that same year, the report continued.
In 1996, former President Clinton signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, two laws that expanded immigration enforcement by broadening mandatory detention and speeding up removals.
The data Clinton referenced in her tweet came from the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news outlet that reports on the criminal justice system, and outlined detainee figures during the second Trump administration.
«ICE does not target children or separate families,» a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson told Fox News Digital on Wednesday when asked about Clinton’s post. «Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children, or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. This is consistent with past administrations’ immigration enforcement.»
A group of undocumented migrants is deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas, Friday, March 13, 2026. Dozens of migrants from countries including Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, China, Guatemala and El Salvador were handed over to Mexican authorities. (Felix Marquez/AP Photo)
Clinton’s tweet followed her appearance at the Munich Security Conference in February, when she said there’s a «legitimate reason» to have a debate on immigration policies, adding that it «went too far.»
«It’s been disruptive and destabilizing, and it needs to be fixed in a humane way with secure borders that don’t torture and kill people, and with a strong family structure, because that is at the base of civilization,» said the former 2016 presidential candidate.
Following the influx of over 18 million illegal immigrants under the Biden administration, according to the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), DHS says it has stopped the exploitation of 450,000 unaccompanied children.
«Many of the children who came across the border unaccompanied were allowed to be placed with sponsors who were smugglers and sex traffickers,» the DHS spokesperson said. «The Trump administration has located more than 145,000 of these children in person in the United States through visits and door knocks.»
HILLARY CLINTON SAYS MIGRATION ‘WENT TOO FAR’ AND ‘NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN A HUMANE WAY’
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at work. A federal judge in Delaware ordered state officials to turn over labor data to ICE as part of an immigration investigation. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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The Chinese government is increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled church while tightening surveillance and restrictions on an estimated 12 million Catholics, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
The group said in its report that the increased pressure is part of a decade-old campaign to ensure religious groups align with Communist Party ideology.
The Associated Press reported that the Chinese government has rejected the claim, saying Human Rights Watch is «consistently biased against China.»
China’s Catholics have long been split between a state-run church and an underground church loyal to the Vatican. In 2018, Pope Francis reached a deal allowing the Chinese government a role in appointing bishops to ease tensions.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during an international business meeting at The Great Hall Of The People on March 28, 2025, in Beijing, China. (Ken Ishii/Pool/Getty Images)
«A decade into Xi Jinping’s Sinicization campaign and nearly eight years since the 2018 Holy See-China agreement, Catholics in China face escalating repression that violates their religious freedoms,» Human Rights Watch researcher Yalkun Uluyol said in the report. «Pope Leo XIV should urgently review the agreement and press Beijing to end the persecution and intimidation of underground churches, clergy, and worshipers.»
The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson’s office told The Associated Press that Human Rights Watch «fabricates all manner of lies and rumors, and lacks any credibility whatsoever.»
The office added that the government «oversees religious affairs in accordance with the law and protects citizens’ freedom of religious belief and normal religious activities.»
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A man looks on at a Catholic church in Zhuozhou, China’s northern Hebei province on April 22, 2025. In 1951, newly communist China severed ties with the Holy See, forcing Catholics to choose between membership in the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association or non-sanctioned churches loyal to the pope. But under Pope Francis, China and the Vatican signed a 2018 agreement allowing both Beijing and the Holy See a say in appointing bishops in an attempt to close the schism in China’s 12-million-strong Catholic community. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP) / To go with AFP story Vatican-religion-pope-China,FOCUS by Mary Yang and Isabel Kua (Photo by ADEK BERRY/AFP via Getty Images) (Adek Berry/AFP)
Human Rights Watch said its researchers are not allowed into China and that the report is based on interviews with people outside the country who had firsthand knowledge of Catholic life in China, along with experts on Catholicism and religious freedom.
The 2018 agreement stipulates that Beijing proposes candidates for bishop, which the pope can veto, though the full text has never been made public.
In June 2025, Pope Leo XIV, who had just become the pope, appointed a Chinese bishop under the 2018 agreement and said he would continue to honor the deal «in the short term.»
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Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives at Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, on the fourth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 16, 2026. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP via Getty Images)
«I’m also in ongoing dialogue with a number of people, Chinese, on both sides of some of the issues that are there,» Leo said. «It’s a very difficult situation. In the long term, I don’t pretend to say this is what I will and will not do, but after two months, I’ve already begun having discussions at several levels on that topic.»
Since 2018, Human Rights Watch says Chinese authorities have pressured underground Catholics to join the state-run church through detentions, disappearances and house arrests, citing accounts from unnamed individuals who have left China.
The report also said China has tightened ideological control, surveillance and restrictions on religious activity and foreign ties, including requiring state approval for clergy travel, while officially recognizing and closely overseeing five religions: Buddhism, Taoism, Catholicism, Protestantism and Islam.
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Xi Jinping said in 2016 that he would «Sinicize» the country’s religions, a policy aimed at aligning religious practices with Communist Party ideology.
Human Rights Watch said authorities have taken sweeping steps to curb religious practice, including tearing down churches and crosses, blocking gatherings at unregistered churches and seizing religious materials not approved by the state.
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The group said the broader «Sinicization» campaign has also led to intensified crackdowns on Tibetan Buddhists and Muslims.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Franklin Graham defends Trump in letter shared on Truth Social after AI ‘Jesus’ image backlash
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Rev. Franklin Graham defended President Donald Trump in a statement shared Thursday on Truth Social after backlash over an image critics said depicted Trump as Jesus Christ.
The statement was released Thursday by Graham and shared by the president as a signed letter.
«I do not believe President Trump would knowingly depict himself as Jesus Christ — that would certainly be inappropriate,» Graham wrote.
He added that Trump believed the image showed «a doctor helping someone» and said the president «immediately removed the post» after concerns were raised.
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President Donald Trump greets Rev. Franklin Graham during an Easter prayer service and dinner in the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. (Pool/AP)
«There were no spiritual references — no halo, there were no crosses, no angels,» Graham wrote. «It was a flag, soldiers, a nurse, fighter planes, eagles. … I think this is a lot to do about nothing.»
Graham also referenced a separate image Trump shared on Truth Social that appeared to show Jesus standing beside him with a hand on his shoulder, suggesting it represented guidance rather than self-depiction, and said critics were attempting to «spin this into something that it isn’t.»
«And the illustration from someone else he reposted on Truth Social today, I must say that I like the fact that this is a picture of Jesus whispering in his ear or at least His hand on his shoulder, guiding him,» Graham said. «We all need that — we all need to be listening to Jesus.»
A representative for Graham told Fox News Digital said the reverend had no further comment and that he’d be appearing on Fox News’ «Hannity» Thursday night.
The controversy began Sunday night when Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social showing himself appearing to heal a man while surrounded by patriotic imagery, prompting criticism from both political opponents and some of his own supporters.
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President Donald Trump stands outside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump addressed the backlash the following day.
«I did post it, and I thought it was me as a doctor. … Only the fake news could come up with that one,» Trump said. «It’s supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better.»
The post was later deleted.
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Franklin Graham, president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, speaks during the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
The episode comes as Trump has also been engaged in a public dispute with Pope Leo XIV, whom he criticized as «weak on crime» and «terrible for foreign policy,» while the pope said he was «unafraid» of the Trump administration.
Despite that defense, criticism earlier in the week came from within Trump’s base.
OutKick contributor Riley Gaines questioned the post, while RedState writer Bonchie called the image «blasphemy» and urged Trump to apologize. Influencer Brilyn Hollyhand added that «faith is not a prop.»
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President Donald Trump posted the letter from Rev. Franklin Graham Thursday on Truth Social. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg)
Criticism also came from media figures and political opponents, including Cenk Uygur, who called it «blasphemous,» and NBC’s Richard Engel, who questioned whether Trump was joking.
Others defended the post, arguing it was symbolic and misinterpreted.
Graham also praised Trump’s record on religious freedom and expressed hope the president could meet with Pope Leo in the future.
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«I would hope that the President and Pope Leo can meet at some point, and that the Pope would have the opportunity to thank President Trump for his efforts to protect religious liberty,» Graham said.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Brian Flood and Eric Mack contributed to this report.
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