#115: Zero Tolerance

In The Thick

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News, Politics

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Maria and Julio talk about the damaging effect of separating parents and their children at the U.S.-Mexico border. They are joined by Sandy Santana, executive director of the national legal non-profit Children’s Rights, part of a group of organizations challenging this policy. Also with them, Tina Vasquez, immigration reporter at Rewire.News.

Want to read more?

Tina's article on how Jeff Sessions’ policy follows up on what happened during the Obama administration.

American Academy of Pediatrics statement on the effects of separation of families in the border.

From the New England Journal of Medicine: Separating Families at the Border: Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

From the Washington Post: Does separating families at the border really discourages immigration?

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0:00.0	Then imagine the anguish as a parent you feel not knowing what's happening to your child not knowing if you're ever going to see him or her
0:06.8	This is government imposed torture
0:24.0	Hey you, welcome to In The Thick. Yes, I'm talking to You. This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective and I'm Maria Inahosa. And I'm Holy Eurycal de Barrela. Joining us here in our Harlem studio is Sandy Santana.
0:26.0	He's the executive director of the National Legal Nonprofit Organization Children's Rights.
0:31.0	Hey Sandy, welcome to our tiny studio.
0:34.0	Thank you.
0:35.0	Glad to be in this intimate setting with both of you.
0:36.0	Yes, intimate.
0:37.0	That's a nice way of saying it.
0:38.0	And joining us from Winston-Salim, North Carolina is Tina Vasquez.
0:42.0	So happy to have you first time on the show. You're an
0:44.4	immigration reporter at rewire.news what's up Tina.
0:48.6	Hi there's a lot up but thank you for having me. I know, exactly.
0:52.8	There's so much news.
0:55.4	I know we're all feeling kind of exhausted, but you know, we're talking about the Trump
0:59.6	administration's immigration policy and its direct impact on families and children who are
1:04.6	living in this country. So we're going to break down how this really looks.
1:08.4	What are these policies that are affecting immigrants and children in the United States.
1:14.6	And we're going to go back to a month ago in early May to that press conference in Arizona
1:21.0	by Attorney General Sessions, and this is what he said.
1:26.7	If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you.
1:31.6	It's that simple. If you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you.
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