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Episode 69Jun 19, 2018

Why does “zero tolerance” look like this?

This week, we get smart about the immigration crisis and the Trump administration's controversial policy of separating parents and children.

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A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” policy toward undocumented immigrants.
A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border on June 12 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's “zero tolerance” policy toward undocumented immigrants.
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Why does “zero tolerance” look like this?