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1. Discuss Jacob Soboroff's career. What led him to writing this book?

Jacob Soboroff is an American journalist best known for his work as a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. His extensive coverage on border issues helped catapult him to greater fame during the 2018 child separation policy crisis. This coverage and Soboroff's experiences led to his writing this book.

2. What is the ACLU and what is its mission?

The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is a nonprofit organization that was founded in 1920. Its mission is to defend and preserve the rights and liberties of all people in the United States as protected by the Constitution and laws of the U.S.

3. In what ways does the author explore the word "separated" in his opening Author's Note?

Soboroff uses the word "separated" to imply several kinds of separation. There is the separation of parents and children as dictated by the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy, and there is separated in the sense that most American citizens are separated from the struggles of those immigrants.

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