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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Family reunification deadline looms for Trump administration

    Next week is the deadline to reunite the thousands of kids separated from their parents at the border. The Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that they’re working to meet the deadline, but will not “cut corners.”

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 20, 2018 • 1 min read

    Next week is the deadline to reunite the thousands of kids separated from their parents at the border. The Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that they’re working to meet the deadline, but will not “cut corners.” We get an update on these families -- including a migrant father in custody who doesn’t know the whereabouts of his 11-year-old son with severe allergies.

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Will the government meet the deadline to reunify families separated at the border?
    1. 0:00Family reunification deadline looms for Trump administrationYou’re reading this
    2. 10:28State Department interpreter in spotlight
    3. 19:09Cher is cheered in 'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'
    4. 34:14The business of being a hypebeast
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