Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Trump signs order banning family separations, so what's next?
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.
By Madeleine Brand • • 47m ListenToday 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.
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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5 storiesWhat 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.
Read the story9 minHow '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 typically be released on bond.
Read the story7 minLawsuit 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.
Read the story7 minA 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 fired. Gregory Pardlo’s father never recovered.
Read the story17 minWhat 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 moved out of the Parker Center, the former home of the LAPD.
Read the story6 min
