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The Daily

The Scars of Family Separation

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.3107.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This week, “The Daily” is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened since the stories first ran. Today, we’re going back to an episode from this summer, when we met Nazario Jacinto Carrillo, a farmer from Guatemala who was separated from his daughter at the United States border as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Guests: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times, spoke with Mr. Carrillo. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Michael. This week, the Daily is revisiting our favorite episodes of the year,

0:05.1

listening back, and then hearing what's happened in the time since the story's first ran.

0:10.4

Today, we're going back to an episode from this summer, when we met a man named Nazario,

0:15.8

who was separated at the border from his daughter as part of the Trump administration's

0:20.1

crackdown on undocumented immigrants. From the New York Times, I'm Michael Warborer. This is The Daily.

0:33.0

Today, as it raised to meet its deadline for reunifying parents and children separated at the border,

0:40.4

the Trump administration deemed hundreds of parents ineligible. What does it mean to be

0:47.2

ineligible for reunification with your own child?

0:56.0

It's Friday, July 27th.

0:58.3

Hello.

1:08.2

Hi, Nazario.

1:10.2

Hi, I'm Caitlin Jacobson. I'm a journalist in the United States of New York Times.

1:18.7

I wanted to talk a little about your situation with your daughter.

1:25.6

Hi.

1:32.6

So, Nazario Hasinto Carrillo is from rural Guatemala, and his family farms potatoes.

1:42.0

He comes from an indigenous village there, so he speaks Spanish, but it's actually his second

1:45.9

language, though he can't read or write.

1:48.6

Yeah. Caitlin Dickerson covers immigration for the times. And in May, he decided to leave

1:55.6

Guatemala with his five-year-old daughter, her name's Filomena.

1:58.5

And how was that supposed to?

2:00.7

They left behind his wife and a two-year-old son who would presumably come and join them later.

2:08.0

But the goal for Nazario and Filomena was to seek asylum in the United States.

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