Hi, this is Ali calling from my chemistry classroom in Yucaya, California, where I've just

finished washing the very last beaker before summer vacation.

This podcast was recorded at 345 Eastern on Wednesday, June 20th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.

President Trump has signed an executive order to reverse his own administration's policy

of separating immigrant parents and children when they cross the border illegally.

We're going to have strong, very strong borders, but we're going to keep the families together.

I didn't like the sight of the feeling of families being separated.

I'm Scott Detero, I cover Congress.

I'm Scott Horsley, back over the White House.

I'm Marlaeus and National Political Correspondent, a lot to keep track of over a relatively

short period of time.

Let's just jump into it.

Scott, Trump has signed an executive order to reverse a border policy that his own administration

put in place.

The reasons for putting this in place and the dynamics have changed a lot according to

their telling.

But can you just refresh us and what the administration chose to do and how this has played out over

the last few days?

Well, the administration chose to prosecute aggressively everyone who crossed the border

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