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Former Children's Immigration Shelter Worker On Why He Quit Following Policy Change

Antar Davidson was working in Tucson for a nonprofit group, until the Trump administration's new "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.
Tents to house unaccompanied migrant children are seen at the Tornillo-Marcelino Serna Port of Entry on June 18, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas. (Christ Chavez/Getty Images)

Antar Davidson was working for a nonprofit group in a shelter in Tucson for children crossing the border illegally or unaccompanied, until the Trump administration’s new “zero-tolerance” policy led him to quit his job.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Davidson (@AntarDeSa) about the decision.

Interview Highlights

On why he quit

“When you’re in a job as intense as this, you don’t really care about the news. You get home, you want to chill. You wake up in the morning, you want to prepare for your job. So I was fairly out of the news cycle

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