How a program for migrant children is being used to carry out immigration arrests

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

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New reporting from ProPublica finds the Trump administration is subtly changing the mission of a government agency tasked with helping migrants and protecting kids who cross the border alone. We hear from investigative reporter Lomi Kriel. Then, Author Anthony Horowitz is out with a new book that takes jabs at mystery novels, while still being a great mystery read. He talks about "Marble Hall Murders." And, Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe, who front the band Lucius, join us. They're currently on tour behind their new self-titled album, which came out May 2.

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0:00.0	Support for here and now anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:17.4	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:22.6	Current and former staffers of an agency tasked with protecting kids who cross the border alone
0:27.9	say the Office of Refugee Resettlement has effectively become an extension of ICE.
0:33.5	The Trump administration is sharing this information in unprecedented ways and in their view solely to deport more kids and parents.
0:43.9	It's Friday, May 16th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR.
0:48.8	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:05.7	Thank you. Today on the show, Anthony Horowitz's bio boasts he's committed more murders on the page than any other writer.
1:11.8	His latest book is Marble Hall Murders, part of a trilogy of murder mysteries about an editor of murder mysteries. The book harkens back to the golden age of crime novels, even though
1:17.3	they're set in the present. A cell phone or an internet search makes everything so instant,
1:22.1	so immediate, whereas I think a murder mystery is something to enjoy at leisure. Also,
1:26.5	the band Roush had already put out several great records before now,
1:34.6	so why is this latest one self-titled?
1:40.6	This record really felt like a coming home to the band
1:43.8	after so much collaboration and so much exploration.
1:48.8	Catching up with Lucius on tour coming up in about 20 minutes.
1:56.5	But first, ever since President Trump returned to the White House, he's been overhauling the U.S.
2:02.2	immigration system.
2:03.5	He's suspended refugee resettlement programs, cracked down on people crossing the border illegally,
2:09.2	and now new reporting from ProPublica finds his administration also appears to be subtly changing
2:14.3	the mission of a government agency that's tasked with helping migrants and protecting
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