The Trump Administration's Family Separation Border Policy Explained

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🗓️ 18 June 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Trump administration spent the weekend and Monday defending its "zero tolerance" border policy, which has separated children and parents who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. The NPR Politics team breaks down what that policy is and how it is being implemented. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and KQED's John Sepulvado. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Lucy.
0:02.0	Stephanie.
0:03.0	I'm strong.
0:03.8	And we're in Reykjavik Isom where the whole country is getting ready to shut down and watch
0:08.1	their first ever World Cup match against Argentina.
0:13.4	This podcast was recorded at 1.26pm on Monday, June 18th.
0:18.9	Things may have changed since then.
0:20.8	All right, here's the show.
0:23.3	Go Isom!
0:25.6	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:31.4	The Trump administration is arresting people entering the country illegally and separating
0:35.7	parents from their children at the U.S. Mexico border.
0:39.0	The United States will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility.
0:49.0	Won't be.
0:50.0	I must make a political reporter.
0:51.7	I'm Scott Detrello.
0:52.7	I cover Congress.
0:53.7	Are Elias and National political correspondent?
0:56.2	All right, so before we even jump into the politics of what this family separation policy
1:01.4	means, Mara, can you actually just walk us through real quick what this policy is?
1:07.4	I mean, my understanding is the Attorney General set up this zero tolerance policy and
1:13.0	therefore we now are prosecuting people who crossed the border in a way that perhaps
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