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EPISODE · Feb 19, 2025 · 10 MIN

Will Families Separated At The Border Continue To Be Protected Under Trump?

from KQED's The California Report · host KQED

During Donald Trump’s first term in office, his administration pursued a controversial policy of forcibly separating migrant family members, including young children, at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden Administration then set up a task force to help reunite those families. But with Trump’s return to office, one of his first executive actions dissolved that Biden family reunification task force. This has legal experts and immigrants’ rights advocates worried. Guest: Mark Betancourt, The California Newsroom California’s U.S. Senators, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, are both “demanding answers” from the Trump administration about the abrupt cutoff of federal funding meant to expand zero emission vehicle infrastructure in the state Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During Donald Trump’s first term in office, his administration pursued a controversial policy of forcibly separating migrant family members, including young children, at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Biden Administration then set up a task force to help reunite those families. But with Trump’s return to office, one of his first executive actions dissolved that Biden family reunification task force. This has legal experts and immigrants’ rights advocates worried. Guest: Mark Betancourt, The California Newsroom California’s U.S. Senators, Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff, are both “demanding answers” from the Trump administration about the abrupt cutoff of federal funding meant to expand zero emission vehicle infrastructure in the state Reporter: Kevin Stark, KQED Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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