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>>> WHAT IS TRUMP'S POLICY OF

MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON IRAN AT THIS

TIME OF A PANDEMIC.

>> IRANIANS ARE IN A RACE IT

FIND TREATMENTS FOR KOCOVID-19.

>> WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THE

RESOURCES, YOU HAVE TO BUILD IT.

>> THE GOVERNMENT FINALLY

ADMITTED WE JUST DON'T KNOW

WHERE THOUSANDS OF SEPARATED

FAMILIES ARE.

>> HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU PHONE

NUMBERS TO CALL?

>> THIS FIGHT HAS BEEN GOING ON

FOR TWO YEARS.

>> ONES THAT ARE BABIES, IT IS

DOUBTFUL THAT THEY WILL

REMEMBER.

>> WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE THAT THERE

ARE CHILDREN SERIOUSLY HARMED.

>> IRAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST

OUTSIDE OF CHINA TO EXPERIENCE A

MAJOR OUTBREAK OF COVID-19 AND

IS NOW ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT

NATIONS.

WHEN THE VIRUS FIRST HIT, THE

DEPUTY HEALTH MINISTER APPEARED

ON TV DOWNPLAYING ITS

SERIOUSNESS WHILE THE CAMERAS

CAUGHT HIM COUGHING.

THE NEXT DAY HE WAS

SELF-QUARANTINED.

>> MISINFORMATION HINDERED

IRAN'S RESPONSE FROM THE START.

ONLY AFTER THE WEEK HAD PAST DID

THEY ADMIT THAT THE DEATH TOLL

WAS TWICE AS HIGH AS ORIGINALLY

REPORTED.

THE FIRST SCIENTIST TO IDENTIFY

THE VIRUS.

AND WHILE THEY TRIED TO COVER

THE OUTBREAK, THIS DOCTOR

DISAGREES.

SHE SAYS COVID-19 MAY HAVE

ARRIVED WEEKS BEFORE IT WAS

CONFIRMED.

BUT PEAK FLU SEASON MADE IT HARD

TO IDENTIFIED.

>> WHILE LABS HAVE ACCEPTED

TESTING KITS FROM THE WORLD

HEALTH ORGANIZATION, IRAN'S

SUPREME LEADER HAS BEEN QUICK TO

REE

REJEKT OFFER

REJEKTS

RE

REJEKT OFFERS OF AID.

AND A HARD LINER PUSHED IRAN'S

NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND BROUGHT ON

MANY SANCTIONS FROM THE WEST

DURING HIS TERM.

>> HE HAS ADDED HIS VOICE TO THE

CHORUS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE VIRUS.

NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

THIS WAS A BIO WEAPON MADE BY

WORLD POWERS, DO YOU STILL

BELIEVE THAT?

>> WHAT WOULD THE PURPOSE BE TO

CREATE A CORONAVIRUS IN A LAB?

WHY WOULD A COUNTRY DO THAT?

>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT

SANCTIONS WITH TRUMP'S POLICY OF

MAXIMUM PRESSURE ON IRAN.

AT THIS TIME OF A PANDEMIC, WHAT

IS THE IMPACT OF THAT?

>> EVEN BEFORE CORONAVIRUS, THIS

PAST YEAR WAS ONE OF THE MOST

CHALLENGING PERIODS IN THE 40

YEAR HISTORY OF THE ISLAMIC

REPUBLIC.

OF A SCRAPPING THE IRANIAN

NUCLEAR DEAL, PRESIDENT TRUMP

LAUNCHED A MAXIMUM PRESSURE

CAMPAIGN ON IRANIAN INDIVIDUALS,

BANKING AND OILLE AN AND SHIPPI.

IRAN SAW THEIR ECONOMY SHRINK.

AND HUNDREDS OF IRANIANS

REPORTEDLY WERE KILLED.

AND THEN IN JANUARY, THE UNITED

STATES ASSASSINATED THE

COUNTRY'S TOP GENERAL PUSHING

IRAN TO THE BRINK OF WAR.

>> NATIONS HAVE TOLERATED IRAN'S

DESTRUCTIVE AND SSTABILIZING BE

MAY HAVE.

THOSE DAYS ARE OVER.

>> AND THEY WERE CHARGED WITH

COMMITTING MEDICAL TERRORISM.TH

>> AND THEY WERE CHARGED WITH

COMMITTING MEDICAL TERRORISM.

>> THEY HAVE REFUSED TO LIFT THE

COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT.

>> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYS

THAT IRAN HAS NEGLECTED HEALTH

CARE WHILE SPENDING $16 BILLION

TO FUND TERROR PROXIES SINCE

2012 AND HAS A TROPICAL RECORD

OF APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR

MEDICAL SUPPLIES.RECORD OF

APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR MEDICAL

SUPPLIES.

>> THE IRAN REGIME SHOULD

RESPOND RATHER THAN CONTINUING

THEIR GLOBAL TERROR CAMPAIGN.

>> WHILE THE U.S. MAINTAINS THAT

ITS SANCTIONS DON'T PREVENT

HUMANITARIAN SUPPLIES, BUT THEY

SEVERELY LIMIT ACCESS.

>> WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE

RESOURCES TO GET FROM OUTSIDE,

WE SO TO BUILD IT.

>> AND A PROJECT IS TO COMBINE

THE PARTS FROM INSIDE THE U.S.

AND IRAN.

>> WE HAVE MANY DIFFICULTIES

WHICH HAS AFFECTED THE

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY A LOT.

HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES HAVE

BEEN DIMINISHED.

AND THIS IS UNFORTUNATE.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT SUFFER FROM

THESE THINGS.

HAVING LOW COST VENTILATORS AND

BUILT IN IRAN, IT CAN HELP US TO

BE ON OUR OWN FEET AND BE ABLE

TO NOT RELY ON OTHER COUNTRIES.

>> WITH LIMITED RESOURCES,

IRAN'S MEDICAL SYSTEM IS WEATHER

GOINGING THE CRISIS AS BEST THEY

CAN.

>> AS THE COUNTRY OPENS UP,

DOCTORS ARE WORRIED ABOUT A

RESURGENCE OF COVID-19.

THIS MAN HAS BEEN IN THE ICU FOR

NEARLY TWO MONTHS AND IS SEEING

HIS SON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE

BEING HOSPITALIZED.

>> AS THE WORLD COPES WITH THE

CORONAVIRUS, IRAN HAS

EMPATHY

EMPATHY.

THE UK HAS REPORTEDLY PUT

PRIVATE PRESSURE ON THE U.S.

WHILE THE U.N. ARE CALLING FOR

SANCTIONS TO BE ROLLED BACK.

EVEN

EVEN ADVOCATING DIPLOMACY.

>> THE CORONAVIRUS IS AFFECTING

ALL COUNTRIES.

ISRAEL FOR EXAMPLE HAS 13,000

CONFIRMED CASES AND 150 DEADVIC?

>> WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR IRAN?

IT HAS BEEN A TUMULTUOUS LAST

FEW MONTHS.

>> AS IRAN'S POLITICAL

LEADERSHIP STRUGGLED TO FIND

WAYS OUT OF A WEB OF SANCTIONS,

THE COUNTRY'S BRIGHTEST MINDS

ARE IN A RACE TO FIND TREATMENTS

FOR COVID-19.

AT THE IRAN INSTITUTE,

RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING STEM

CELLS.

>> I WANT TO GO OVER WHAT WE'VE

GOTTEN FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

START WITH HOW MANY FAMILIES

WE'VE GOTTEN IN THE FIRST BATCH.

>> SO YOU HAVE GOT 206 CHILDREN.

>> LEGAL ART IS SUING THE

GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF PARENTS

SEPARATED FROM THEIR CHILDREN

AFTER CROSSING THE U.S./MEXICO

BORDER.

>> THERE ARE LESS THAN 10 PHONE

NUMBERS.

>> ONLY TEN OF THEM HAVE A PHONE

NUMBER?

WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE KIDS

SPENT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS,

RIGHT?

>> HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF

COURT AUGRGUING WITH GOVERNMENT

LAWYERS FOOVER TWO YEARS.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR CHILD

TO BE SEPARATED, THEN DON'T

BRING THEM ACROSS THE BORDER

ILLEGALLY.

>> AFTER THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION ZERO TOLERANCE

POLICY, THE LAWSUIT FACED

REUNIFICATION OF FAMILIES.

AND THEN AN INTERNAL REPORT

REVEALED POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS

OF MORE SEPARATIONS.

THE GOVERNMENT NERVE ED A

GOVERNMENT NEVER ADMITTED TO IT.

>> WE EXPECTED ONE OR TWO

HEARING

HEARINGS.

>> WHEN THE FINAL TALLY WAS

MADE --

>> THIS KID HAS BEEN SENT TO

TENNESSEE?

>> YEAH, TO MEMPHIS.

>> LOOKING BACK, WE WERE NAIVE

NOT TO SAY ARE THERE MORE KIDS.

BECAUSE THEY TOLD US ABOUT THE

2800 AND WERE NEVER GOING TO

TELL US ABOUT THESE 1500 MOOR.

>> HOW LONG HAVE YOU WAITED TO

GET THE 2350I7B8 LIST?

>> THE GOVERNMENT WAS GIVEN SIX

MONTHS.

SGL WHAT IS

>> WHAT IS THE END GOAL?

>> WE NEED TO FIND THEM TO TRY

TO GIVE THEM SOME HELP.

IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME.

>> ACLU ISN'T DOING IT ALONE.

>> IT SAYS GUATEMALA?

>> WHEN THE GOVERNMENT RECORDS

DON'T SHOW A PARENT'S PHONE

NUMBER OR ADDRESS, THEY ARE

DESIGNATED AS UNREACHABLE.

THERE IS A MASSIVE CROSS-BORDER

EFRLT

EFFORT TO FIND THEM.

THIS IS A MMA MAN H.MAM THAT IS

GOING.

>> HOW MUCH UNREACHABLES?

>> RIGHT NOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT

OVER 300.>> HOW MUCH UNREACHABL?

>> RIGHT NOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT

OVER 300.

>> WHY IS IT ON AN ORGANIZATION

LIKE JUSTICE IN MOTION TO FIND

PEOPLE WHEN IT WAS THE

GOVERNMENT THAT SEPARATED PEOPLE

IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> WE HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION

THAT IMPLEMENTED A POLICY

WITHOUT THE PERSONNEL OR THE

SYSTEMS.

FRANKLY ANY FORETHOUGHT AT ALL.

SO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF

HINDSIGHT, OF COURSE IT IS ON

ADVOCATES AND CIVIL SOCIETY TO

FIX THIS MESS.

>> WITH NO CONTACT INFORMATION

TO GO ON, THEY TURN TO LOCAL

LAWYERS AND INVESTIGATORS.

>> WHEN RONNIE WAS DEPORTED, HIS

DAUGHTER WAS STILL IN DETENTION.

SNCHLGT

>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR,

FIVE --

>> NOW LIKE MOST CHILDREN, SHE

IS LIVING WITH FAMILY IN THE

U.S.

NO ONE HAD CONTACTED RONNIE

ABOUT THE SEPARATION UNTIL EDDIE

SHOWED UP AT HIS DOOR.

>> THESE SEARCHES HAVE FOUND

ABOUT 150 PARENTS.

ANOTHER 500 ARE STILL

UNREACHABLE.

BUT ONCE FOUND THEY FACE A

DIFFICULT CHOICE.

THEY COULD HAVE THEIR CHILD

DEPORTED, BUT FOR MANY THAT IS

JUST NOT AN OPTION.

SO THEY REMAIN APART.

AND SOME ARE HOLDING OUT HOPE

FOR THE CHANCE TO JOIN THEIR

KIDS IN THE U.S.

AND AT TIMES LAWYERS FOR 21

DEPORTED PARENTS REQUESTING A

JUDGE TO ALLOW THESE 21 PARENTS

TO TRAVEL BACK TO THE UNITED

STATES.

>> WE'RE NOT ASKING THAT THE

GOVERNMENT FLY THEM BACK.

THEY WILL GET HERE ON THEIR OWN

AS LONG AS THE GOVERNMENT GIVES

THEM PERMISSION.

>> SO THE PARENTS SHOULD GET TO

COME BACK TO REUNITE WITH THEIR

KIDS IN THE U.S. AND TRY FOR

ASYLUM ONCE MORE.

BEGINS

AGAINST ALL ODDS, THE GOVJUDGE T

AGREED.

>> AND THIS IS MAKING IT

DIFFICULT FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS.

>> A TEAM OF LAWYERS FLEW Y CHT

GUATEMALA PROVE IPROVEING THAT

ENOUGH TO STAY.ING THAT IT IS

ENOUGH TO STAY.

>> SHE WAS SEPARATED FROM HER

SON MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO.

HE IS NOW 17 AND STILL IN

GOVERNMENT CUSTODY.

LIVING WITH A FOSTER FAMILY IN

TEXAS.

>> WE'RE ONLY JUST GLICHBING

BEGINGRAPPLE WITH THE

LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES.

BUT BEYOND FACING ANGRY

DEMOCRATS ON THE HILL, NO ONE

HAS HAD TO ANSWER FOR WHAT

HAPPENED.

>> DID YOU EVER SAY TO THE

ADMINISTRATION, H HERE'S WHAT M

CHILD WELFARE EXPERTS TOLD US,

HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO?

>> I DID NOT SAY THOSE WORDS.

>> I SAYS HIS SUPEPERIORS WERE

AWARE.

>> I THINK THAT IT IS BAD POLICY

TO HAVE ANHAVE AN INCENTIVE FOR

FOR ACQUIRE A KID OR BRING KIDS

THAT THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE LEAVE

BACK AT HOME.

SO THERE IS A MORAL IMPERATIVE

TO DISRUPT THAT ECOSYSTEM.

>> AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF

CAME OUT MANY TIMES AND SAID

THAT THE IDEA WASDETERRENCE.

>> OROLE WAS CHILD WELFARE.

I DID EVERYTHING THAT I COULD TO

IS WHAT WAS REQUIRED OF ME.

>> AND WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR

THE FACT THAT THERE ARE CHILDREN

WHO WERE SERIOUSLY HARMED?

>> THAT WOULD BE THE PEOPLE WHO

WHO -- I DON'T KNOW.

IF POWE'RE POINTING FINGERS, TH

IS THE RISK PARENTS TAKE WHEN

LAW BREAKING.

>> IS IT PARENTS FAULT?

>> IF YOU CAN SAY THAT THEY ARE

BREAKING THE LAW AND SUFFERING

THE CONSEQUENCES IS FREE OF

FAULT?

LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE IS

PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF BLAME

TO GO AROUND.

>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORDER

FROM THE JUDGE ABOUT THE FAMILY

SEPARATION STUFF.

BUT LITERALLY EVERY MONTH THERE

IS THREE OR FOUR OF THOSE SFUMT

AL

FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES.

>> ACTUALLY BAD WHEN YOU ARE

PUTTING ON A NEW TIE AT 8:00.

>> FAMILY SEPARATION WAS JUST

ONE POLICY.

OFFICIALLY IN PLACE FOR LESS

THAN TWO MONTHS.

AND IN THE YEARS SINCE, THE

ADMINISTRATION HASN'T STOPPED.

>> THE ADMINISTRATION ONE STEP

CLOSER TO DENY ASYLUM IF

IMMIGRANTS CROSS ILLEGALLY.

>> THE U.S. HAS DEPORTED AROUND

230 CENTRAL AMERICAN ASYLUM

SEEKERS.

>> THE RESTRICTIONS ON ASYLUM

HAS COME AT A DIZZYING PACE.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO SUINGER COAT

IT, WE'LL WIN SOME, WE'LL LOSE

SOME, BUT WE HAVE TO PUSHGAR CO

IT, WE'LL WIN SOME, WE'LL LOSE

SOME, BUT WE HAVE TO PUSH BACK.

>> IN JANUARY NINE OF THE

PREVIOUS DETORTED MADE IT BLACK

TO THE U.S.

PHYSICAL.

>> WHAT ARE THEISMLY INDICATIONS

FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DO GET TO

COME BACK?

THEY CAN MAKE AN ASYLUM CLAIM?

>> NO QUESTION THAT REUN IF I

NIG

ING IS ONE END.

BUT ONCE UNITED, THEY WILL BE BE

REMOVED UNLESS THEY CAN RECEIVE

AS SIGH LUM.

IF THEY DON'T GETS ASYLUM, THEY

WILL GET KICKED OUT.

>> AND NOW A WAITING HER

HEARING.

MEANWHILE THE CURRENT PANDEMIC

IS GIVING THE ADMINISTRATION THE

PRETEXT THAT ITIT BHAS BEEN LOOG

FOR

FOR.

BUT IT WILL BE LIKELY CHALLENGED

IN COURT.

>> I'M WORKING ON SO MANY CASE.

>> IT CAN FEEL LIKE WHAC-A-MOLE.

>> IT CAN, BUT HOW MUCH LONGER

WE CAN KEEP THIS UP, THAT IS A

REAL QUESTION.