How the Nightmare of Family Separations at the Border Became Reality (with Caitlin Dickerson)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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More than 5,000 children were torn from their parents at the Mexican border during Donald Trump’s presidency, and more than 150 children have yet to be reunited. Atlantic writer Caitlin Dickerson spent 18 months investigating how Trump’s zero tolerance approach became a reality, despite scores of top government officials who felt it was inhumane and logistically fraught. She speaks with Andy about how Congress’ failure to make substantial changes to immigration policy drove this to happen, and could allow it to happen again.

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1:04.4	Welcome to The Bubble.
1:28.0	Andy Slavitt, August 13th.
1:29.9	I am extremely excited about the episode that we're going to bring you today.
1:35.2	It is an explosive look at what happened during the Trump administration when families were
1:42.6	getting separated at the border.
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