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Trump signs order banning family separations, so what's next?

Jun. 20, 2018

Today President Trump signed an executive order banning family separations at the border. His “zero tolerance” immigration policy caused the separations in the first place. It’s been an explosive political issue, with even the first lady urging her husband to change course.

From this Episode:

What is Trump's executive order to end immigrant family separation?

Today President Trump signed an executive order banning family separations at the border. His “zero tolerance” immigration policy caused the separations in the first place.

9 min

How 'zero tolerance' affects families who've been in the U.S. for years

Immigrant families have been separated around the country since Trump took office. For a long time, if immigrants without serious criminal records were arrested, they’d...

7 min

Lawsuit alleges immigrant kids were forcibly drugged

New affidavits in an ongoing lawsuit allege that some immigrant children under US custody have been forced to take psychotropic meds. Some were forcibly injected.

7 min

A dad's lessons on masculinity and race

In 1981 President Ronald Reagan fired 13,000 striking air traffic controllers. It was a major defeat for organized labor and changed the lives of many of the people who were...

17 min

What it took to move the Theme Mural of LA

“Theme Mural of Los Angeles” is 36 foot long, showing iconic LA landmarks, including the Griffith Observatory and Grauman’s Chinese Theater. The massive mural was recently...

6 min

Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Devan Schwartz

Image: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order on immigration policy with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Vice President Mike Pence at his sides in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis

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