Father and Son, Forced Apart at the Border

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🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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A 5-year-old boy named José and his father fled the violence in Honduras and headed to the United States. They were separated at the border. What has happened to them in the weeks since? Guest: Miriam Jordan, who covers immigration for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale.
0:02.4	This is The Daily.
0:03.8	Today, a five-year-old boy named Jose and his father
0:14.9	fled the violence in Honduras and headed for the United States.
0:19.9	They were separated at the border.
0:23.1	What's happened to both father and son in the week since?
0:29.4	It's Wednesday, June 20th.
0:32.2	So when Jose and his dad arrive at the border, they meet the Trump administration's new
0:42.3	zero tolerance policy.
0:45.0	Every migrant trying to cross into the United States illegally is treated like a criminal.
0:50.3	Miriam Jordan covers immigration for the times.
0:53.4	So Jose's dad goes to detention and Jose gets put on a plane to Michigan to stay with
1:00.8	a foster parent who has agreed to take him in.
1:04.5	So what does that actually look like?
1:06.4	Well, what it looks like is Jose and two other minors arrive with an escort after midnight
1:14.6	at an airport in Michigan.
1:17.0	Jose's exhausted.
1:24.6	He merges with his trash bag that's stuffed with his dirty clothes from his long trek across
1:26.5	Mexico to reach the border and two small pieces of paper.
1:31.3	One is a stick-figure drawing of his family from Honduras.
1:36.0	The other is a sketch of his father who had been arrested and led away from him shortly
1:42.0	before.
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