
Report calls DOJ 'driving force' behind family separations
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New report suggests DOJ was 'driving force' behind Trump's family separations
Immigration policies that led to the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border remain among the Trump administration’s most controversial. Now, a New York Times report sheds additional light on who was involved in that effort -- and why they made the decisions they did. Amna Nawaz reports and talks to Katie Benner, one of the New York Times reporters who broke the story, about the fallout.
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Report calls DOJ 'driving force' behind family separations
Clip: 10/7/2020 | 6m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Immigration policies that led to the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border remain among the Trump administration’s most controversial. Now, a New York Times report sheds additional light on who was involved in that effort -- and why they made the decisions they did. Amna Nawaz reports and talks to Katie Benner, one of the New York Times reporters who broke the story, about the fallout.
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