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I had failed to protect these children
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I had failed to protectthese children from peoplewho wanted to hurt them

I had failed to protect
these children from people
who wanted to hurt them

Full Transcript

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I had failed to protect these children
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from people who wanted to hurt them.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:52
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.
I'd tried everything I could think of to stop family separation. - Separated 00:06
I'd tried everything I could think of to stop family se...
But I had a chance to put some of them back with their parents, - Separated 00:07
But I had a chance to put some of them back with their paren...
I met with him again after that meeting, - Separated 00:20
I met with him again after that meeting,
And I said, "We will fail if I have to run any decisions by him." - Separated 00:10
And I said, "We will fail if I have to run any decision...
[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...