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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Nancy Pelosi to visit El Cajon detention facility

    The Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy has children separated from their parents, and adults sent to federal prisons. Those prisons are already understaffed.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jun 18, 2018 • 1 min read

    The Trump administration’s zero tolerance policy has children separated from their parents, and adults sent to federal prisons. Those prisons are already understaffed. The influx of immigrants is creating a potentially dangerous situation for prisoners and guards. We look at a facility in El Cajon that’s housing children, and go to Victorville, where 1000 adult migrants have been sent.

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