Child migrant crisis offers opportunity to push personal political agendas

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Jul 16, 2014

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Child migrant crisis offers opportunity to push personal political agendas

Some have found the spotlight in the midst of a crisis involving thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Central America.

Since leaving Fox News in 2011, Glenn Beck has found his way back to TV. His Internet television network, The Blaze TV, is now available to subscribers of the Dish Network.

Some have found the spotlight in the midst of a crisis involving thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Central America.

With Glenn Beck detailing his plans to bring toys to the border, Rick Perry throwing verbal jabs at the White House and Jose Antonio Vargas finding photo ops during his detainment in Texas, some have found the spotlight in the midst of a crisis involving thousands of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Central America.

Anna Palmer, senior Washington correspondent for POLITICO, wrote about this issue and joins us to talk about how politicians, pundits and activists are using the border crisis to push their own agendas and brands.