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Jill, please call it. -[Brian] They're telling us it's a law
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Jill, please call it.- They're telling usit's a law, and they have--These people have...

Jill, please call it.
-[Brian] They're telling us
it's a law, and they have--
These people have nothing

Full Transcript

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-Jill, please call it. -[Brian] They're telling us it's a law,
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and they have-- These people have nothing.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:39
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.
Hey, Brian, I know you want to get some more TV time, - Separated 00:06
Hey, Brian, I know you want to get some more TV time,
These people have nothing, they come to the border with nothing, - Separated 00:08
These people have nothing, they come to the border with noth...
[Soboroff] What I came to learn after visiting these facilities - Separated 00:08
[Soboroff] What I came to learn after visiting these facilit...
This is exactly what would happen if you separated. - Separated 00:06
This is exactly what would happen if you separated.
[White] If you believe that immigrants are an existential threat... - Separated 00:07
[White] If you believe that immigrants are an existential th...
To the American way of life, - Separated 00:08
To the American way of life,
Then once you've exhausted all the ordinary things the law permits, - Separated 00:19
Then once you've exhausted all the ordinary things the ...
[reproter] Are you intending for this to play out as it is playing out? - Separated 00:05
[reproter] Are you intending for this to play out as it is p...
No, because why would I ever create a policy that purposely does that? - Separated 00:06
No, because why would I ever create a policy that purposely ...
-The way that it works-- -[reporter] He said it was a deterrent. - Separated 00:05
-The way that it works-- -[reporter] He said it was a deterr...
It's a law passed by the United States Congress. - Separated 00:06
It's a law passed by the United States Congress.
Rather than fixing the law, - Separated 00:13
Rather than fixing the law,
She signed the memo that made it policy - Separated 00:09
She signed the memo that made it policy
And we all made choices at that time. - Separated 00:05
And we all made choices at that time.
And there were plenty of federal officials - Separated 00:07
And there were plenty of federal officials
She owns the consequences of her decisions, - Separated 00:07
She owns the consequences of her decisions,
One of the things that pushed the public to become outraged - Separated 00:14
One of the things that pushed the public to become outraged
This is the first time in my career - Separated 00:17
This is the first time in my career
The Pope was speaking out, conservative religious leaders. - Separated 00:05
The Pope was speaking out, conservative religious leaders.
No one wanted any part of it because it was so cruel - Separated 00:10
No one wanted any part of it because it was so cruel