One of the migrant girls featured in that heart-wrenching recording has been reunited with her mother

6-year-old migrant girl reunited with her mother
(Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/ProPublica)

In June, ProPublica released audio of young migrant children sobbing and wailing for their parents after they were separated under President Trump's "zero tolerance" border policy. Especially heart-wrenching were the cries of one Salvadoran girl, 6-year-old Alison Jimena Valencia Madrid, asking for Border Patrol agents to call her aunt to come pick her up. The audio has been credited with helping crystallize opposition to Trump's family-separation policy. Early Friday, ProPublica posted the video of Alison being reunited with her mother, Cindy Madrid, more than a month after they were forcibly separated. The Madrids are seeking asylum.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.