Episode Four: Kids in Cages
In this episode
Dara Lind
ProPublica
Dara Lind covers immigration policy for ProPublica in Washington, DC. Before coming to ProPublica, she spent five years as Vox's immigration reporter; she remains a regular co-host of the Vox podcast "The Weeds." She's been covering immigration in some form since the end of the George W. Bush administration.
Ranit Mishori, MD
Physicians for Human Rights
Dr. Ranit Mishori is Professor of Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine. She is an expert consultant for Physicians for Human Rights.
Asylum Seekers' Stories
Kids in Need of Defense
With thanks to the asylum seekers who shared their personal stories with Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and with thanks to KIND for permitting Entry Denied to tell those stories in this episode.
Credits
Alex Aleinikoff
Co-Host
Deb Amos
Co-Host
Sahil Ansari
Producer and Engineer
Camila Figueroa Restrepo
Production Assistant
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Journalist Dara Lind describes the origins of the “child separation” policy and its abandonment in the face of public outrage. Dr. Ranit Mishori reports on a study she conducted on the mental health impacts of separation on migrant children.
Materials Of interest
Reports
Articles
Trump’s separation of families constitutes torture, doctors find – The Guardian
Family separations at US border plagued by problems, watchdog finds – The Guardian
Family Separations at the Border Constitute Torture, New Report Claims – The Intercept
A New Report on Family Separations Shows the Depths of Trump’s Negligence – The New Yorker
Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children – The New Yorker
“Women to One Side, Men to the Other”: How the Border Patrol’s New Powers and Old Carelessness Separated a Family – ProPublica
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus – ProPublica
Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids – ProPublica
The Trump administration’s separation of families at the border, explained – Vox
Trust and Consequences – The Washington Post
How The Trump Administration’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy Changed The Immigration Debate – NPR
Looking At Lasting Effects Of Trump’s Family Separation Policy At The Southern Border – NPR
Video/Audio Clips
Sessions: ‘Zero Tolerance For Illegal Entry’ – Associated Press, May 7, 2018
WATCH: Sessions say ‘zero-tolerance’ policy may split families at border – PBS NewsHour, May 18, 2018
Sessions defends zero tolerance immigration policy – Fox News
Nielsen holds contentious White House briefing amid immigration policy backlash – CBS NEWS
Trump signs executive order to end family separations CNN – June 20, 2018
The voices of children separated at the border – Vox, June 19, 2018
How Trump’s Family Separation Traumatized Children – The Atlantic September 7, 2018
Children separated from parents cry at US detention centre – audio initially obtained by investigative news outlet ProPublica – The Guardian, June, 19 2018
Trump’s zero-tolerance immigration policy – Financial Times, June 20, 2018
Hundreds Protest Family Border Separations – Associated Press, June 19, 2018