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You'll want to ignore this heart-shattering audio of kids separated from their parents. Don't.

June 18, 2018

ProPublica has obtained and released an absolutely heartbreaking audio recording of several children who’ve been separated from their parents at the border.

The nearly eight-minute long video comes after reports that almost 2,000 immigrant children have been taken from their families and placed in detention centers over a six-week period. The family separations are a result of the Trump administration’s new “zero-tolerance” policy, which requires authorities to detain any immigrants who cross the border and take their children into custody. 

In the audio obtained, which was reportedly recorded inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention facility last week, scared young children can be heard sobbing and shrieking, begging to be reunited with their loved ones. Meanwhile, border patrol agents are heard cracking jokes about the noise, saying, “Well, we have an orchestra here. What we’re missing is a conductor.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | You'll want to ignore this heart-shattering audio of kids separated from their parents. Don't.

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