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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Trump administration ​chooses 'catch and release' ​over 'zero tolerance'

    The Trump administration is backing away from its “zero tolerance” immigration policy. It says it will not hold migrant families indefinitely, but instead release and monitor the parents with ankle bracelets.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 10, 2018 • 1 min read

    The Trump administration is backing away from its “zero tolerance” immigration policy. It says it will not hold migrant families indefinitely, but instead release and monitor the parents with ankle bracelets. This comes after a federal judge in LA rejected the administration’s attempts to hold families indefinitely. And a federal judge in San Diego has ordered the government to reunite the roughly 3000 children taken from their families by the end of July.

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    1 of 4
    Would you take a tram to the Hollywood sign?
    1. 0:00Trump administration ​chooses 'catch and release' ​over 'zero tolerance'You’re reading this
    2. 8:06In Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel, a woman tries to sleep for a whole year to erase her past
    3. 9:17Warner Bros. wants to build a tram to the Hollywood sign
    4. 34:37The most overlooked TV shows on 2018
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