Separated (with Jacob Soboroff)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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In 2018, MSNBC journalist Jacob Soboroff was among the select few to visit Casa Padre, one of the detention centers at the epicenter of the border crisis. What he saw there was cruel, unjust, and part of a long, complicated story. Soboroff joins us this week to talk about reporting at overcrowded facilities, and the families he met who were forcibly separated. Their perspectives shed light on the inhumanity of Trump’s zero-tolerance policy, chronicled in Jacob’s book, “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy.” Purchase “Separated: Inside an American Tragedy” online from your local bookstore Follow Jacob Soboroff on Twitter Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro and Instagram @JulianCastroTX Support the show by checking out our sponsors You can digitally purchase life insurance from Haven Life Insurance Agency at havenlife.com/ouramerica. Haven Term is a Term Life Insurance Policy (ICC17DTC) issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), Springfield, MA 01111 and offered exclusively through Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC. Policy and rider form numbers and features may vary by state and not be available in all states. Our Agency license number in California is 0K71922 and in Arkansas, 100139527. The Marguerite Casey Foundation, creating greater freedom for changemakers to create a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org, and connect with the Foundation on Twitter and Facebook. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, it's me Ricky Lake. You probably know me for my hit 90s talk show, but if I'm being totally
0:05.8	honest, I was juggling so much and didn't have time to stop and think about what truly went
0:10.5	into living a full and vibrant life.
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0:30.0	Out now, wherever you get your podcasts. In 2018, Jacob Sobroff was one of the journalists allowed inside the Ursula Detention
0:50.2	Center in McCallin, Texas, which is also known as the Central Processing Center for U.S.
0:55.6	Customs and Border Patrol.
0:57.6	There, Jacob witnessed more than 1,200 detainees packed inside a converted warehouse. Many of them were children separated
1:05.6	from their parents. Children have been separated on a systematic basis from
1:10.2	their parents and that is because of the Trump administration.
1:12.9	People in here are locked up in cages, essentially what looked like animal kennels.
1:18.5	I don't know any other way to describe it.
1:22.2	At the time, this was the epicenter of the human rights crisis at the border.
1:27.0	Jacob had been assigned to cover immigration since Trump first began running for office
1:32.0	with the infamous border wall at the forefront of his
1:34.8	campaign. But even as Jacob followed the story, he was blindsided by just how much
1:41.4	injustice was on display.
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