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Cant be located. the government suggested 5d vocation groups help search for them. the american civil liberties union, the aclu says, its willing to help. >> if the governments left to their own devices, theyre not going to find the parent or do it quickly. we said we want these children back towing, if there is anyway we can help, we will. we have organized ngos all over the country and the world to help find these parents. all we are asking from the government is give us some information about...

They did this and they did it anyway. what does that tell you and what can you do about that? >> well, it tells me that this idea, forcibly removing children from their parents, was a humanitarian disaster from start to finish. there was callous disregard for these children even though we took them under our custodial care as a government. we did not keep records on their parents or the children. clearly no one was even thinking ahead to the possibility of reunifying them at some point. now, thi...

We have as of this week 711 children who have not been reunited. 91 of those children they say they just cant even identify who their parents might be. that is reckless disregard for the well-being of these children. someone ought to accept responsibility. and thats why i called for the resignation of the department of homeland security secretary, nielsen, this week. >> the criticism of that poll, though, or did garner a lot of headlines, is too low on the totem pole, senator. you know shes not ...

Describe them is to be more like a summer camp. these individuals have access to 24/7 food and water. they have educational opportunities. they have recreational opportunities, both structured as well as unstructured. >> i mean youve talked about having been to the border. im wondering what you make of that summer camp description. >> this is not what i heard from these families. one pair of siblings who were separated from each other, one went to florida. one went to texas. they described thems...

24/7 food and water. they have educational opportunities. they have recreational opportunities, both structured as well as unstructured. >> i mean youve talked about having been to the border. im wondering what you make of that summer camp description. >> this is not what i heard from these families. one pair of siblings who were separated from each other, one went to florida. one went to texas. they described themselves as being cold. they described themselves as wanting to go and see their par...

To that? >> im sure there are positives in all of this. im sure there are a lot of good hearted and well meaning people who obliged to work in this terrible mess that the trump policy has created. but that doesnt make the sounds recorded of children crying go away. that doesnt make the allegations of child abuse in these facilities go away. that certainly doesnt make the image of children in cages go away. >> senator, yesterday you repeatedly asked the panel in front of you what went wrong. you ...

Because you wouldnt send your children there. ill answer for her. people as you said, in your words, maam, you said people would prefer to be free. you dont take children and imprison them and think that a soccer field or a basketball court is going to replace their parents or their family. are you idiots running this country? you seem like child abusers to me. you seem like people who kidnap children and make excuses for holding them indefinitely, deporting their families and then saying its li...

Border, the little boy who never knew if he would see his mom again but thought she was looking for him who is 10 years old and his mom flees honduras because shes domestically abused, he didnt like being at that alleged summer camp. he wanted to be back with his mom. >> i would think so. >> so senator, let me ask you, 711 children, thats basically 711 amber alerts with these children spread across the country, if you called today to the agency involved here, could they tell you today where each...

What about all those parents who have been deported without their kids? they need to be reunited. >> when you look at those -- the latest numbers, its more than 700 children are in government custody. the government says, the families were ineligible to be reunified for various reasons. what happens to the 711 kids? >> the judge has made absolutely clear he wants them reunited. what he has said is by thursday, we need to de-- >> this thursday? >> the government needs to give them a plan about wh...

The government is at fault for losing several hundred parents in the process. thats where we go now. here is the latest that we know. the government says it reunited more than 1,400 families with kids age 5 and older. 711 children taken from their parents are still in government custody. 431 of those are children whose parents have already been deported. the government acknowledges that. joining me to discuss is lee geller. he is with the aclu leading the lawsuit over the separations at the bord...