How one of Trump’s harshest policies started out under the radar

About this episode

<p>The separation of migrant families by the Trump administration is one of the most controversial policies in modern American history. It began in mid-2017 but was only acknowledged publicly about a year later. In 2020, NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff came out with a book on the subject called <a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/separated/id6478543828" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Separated: Inside an American Tragedy</em></a>. Most recently, Soboroff teamed up with Academy Award&ndash;winning filmmaker Errol Morris to make a documentary, also called <a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/separated/umc.cmc.4esc4qr4ywzvatredoc2w2x31" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>Separated</em></a>, based on the book<em>.</em> Morris and Soboroff spoke with <em>Apple News In Conversation </em>host Shumita Basu about how this policy was carried out and what it might look like under the new Trump administration.</p>