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During President Trump's first term,
the intentional separation of migrant children from their parents shocked the country and persuaded Trump to say that he would end the practice for good.
But my colleague, Hamid Ali Aziz,
has found that in Trump's second term, family separations are back.
It's Thursday, August 7th.
Yes, yes.
I'm here with the subject you requested, sir.
Okay, fantastic.
Let me get my translator on the call.
Hamid, I wonder if you can tell us about this family that you have been talking to.