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The AP blew it big time on that National Guard roundup story

By Becket Adams
Published February 17, 2017 7:26pm ET
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The AP blew it big time on that National Guard roundup story
The AP story on the National Guard is the exact opposite of enlightening. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

The Associated Press dropped the ball Friday with a supposed scoop alleging President Trump is considering deploying approximately 100,000 National Guard units to round up illegal immigrants.

The Department of Homeland Security is considering no such thing, an agency spokeswoman said following the report’s publication. Further, they said, the DHS memo on which the entire story hinges was only an early, pre-decision draft, and it wasn’t written by the agency’s secretary, John F. Kelly.

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