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And I said, "We will failif I have to runany decisions by him." I made a plan for howwe...

And I said, "We will fail
if I have to run
any decisions by him." I made a plan for how
we would do reunification

Full Transcript

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And I said, "We will fail if I have to run any decisions by him."
00:00:06.315 --> 00:00:09.318
I made a plan for how we would do reunification.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:33
Uploaded
Apr 02, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
NBC News Studios,Participant,Fourth Floor Productions,Moxie Pictures,Greenwich Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris incisively probes the darkest chapter in recent American history: family separations.
[female reporter] A federal judge says the government needs - Separated 00:08
[female reporter] A federal judge says the government needs
Only 38 of 102 children under the age of five - Separated 00:08
Only 38 of 102 children under the age of five
And demanded that someone - Separated 00:08
And demanded that someone
And I thought to myself, - Separated 00:17
And I thought to myself,
I think he understood - Separated 00:07
I think he understood
And I put together an entire team of people who would do anything. - Separated 00:06
And I put together an entire team of people who would do any...
I felt emboldened. But I also knew - Separated 00:12
I felt emboldened. But I also knew
And my greatest fear was that some children - Separated 00:06
And my greatest fear was that some children
There were efforts by ICE to sabotage our success. - Separated 00:06
There were efforts by ICE to sabotage our success.
I think they thought they could run out the clock on the judge's order, - Separated 00:09
I think they thought they could run out the clock on the jud...
And they would be able to preserve the deterrent effect - Separated 00:07
And they would be able to preserve the deterrent effect
We had to have an interagency data team - Separated 00:11
We had to have an interagency data team
We also manually read the case files - Separated 00:10
We also manually read the case files
We had the shelter programs - Separated 00:09
We had the shelter programs
We didn't leave the office till two, three, four o'clock in the morning. - Separated 00:05
We didn't leave the office till two, three, four o'...
We have a database system. I can go in, I can look at any case. - Separated 00:06
We have a database system. I can go in, I can look at any ca...
When you have a two-year-old, - Separated 00:09
When you have a two-year-old,
"What's your mom's name?" "Mom." - Separated 00:06
"What's your mom's name?"...
Oftentimes, when we get a child into our care and we find out, - Separated 00:14
Oftentimes, when we get a child into our care and we find ou...
We make those connections ourselves once the kids come into ORR. - Separated 00:05
We make those connections ourselves once the kids come into ...