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Being sure that we have a very powerful, very strong border. i didnt like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. its a problem thats gone on for many years, as you know, through many administrations, and were working very hard on immigration. its been left out in the cold. i think the word compassion comes into it, but its still equally as tough, if not tougher. >> tonight an hhs spokesperson told nbc news they received no new ordered on how to handle the roughly 2300 children alr...

Through many administrations, and were working very hard on immigration. its been left out in the cold. i think the word compassion comes into it, but its still equally as tough, if not tougher. >> tonight an hhs spokesperson told nbc news they received no

Order. i consider it to be a very important executive order. its about keeping families together, while at the same time being sure we have a very powerful very strong border and border security will be equal, if not greater than previously. so were going to have strong, very strong borders, but were going to keep the families together. i didnt like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. its a problem thats gone on for many years, as you know, through many administrations. were wo...

But thinking through this policy and to how it would affect these children and how they would house these children. where they would house these children. how they would be separated from their parents. what the public outcry would be. >> they did not anticipate. >> they were looking at what they thought would be alreadiage, it turned out to be the opposite. >> they didnt do the work. >> governing is hard. i worked for administrations of both partiesch impleme. its usually something that takes m...

Remember, this is a white house choice. t one of the things you note, they went into this with eyes wide open. perhaps, though, they did not anticipate the firestorm that the whole thing caused. explain. >> well, look, i think it is important to remember that sometimes presidents and administrations get caught in political crises not of their own making. it comes from elsewhere and they have to deal with it. we have seen that in every presidency. this is not one of those. the context of this pol...

Unaddressed. but, in the big picture, i can tell you the first year that i was in the senate of the united states, we passed comprehensive immigration reform with 68 out of 100 votes. we sent it over to the house. of course, it languished there. we can do this. but we should address all of these critical issues. the dreamers. the dreamers need to have certainty. they need to have a path to citizenship and the only country they have ever known as home. but we also need to fix numerous things. tha...

Are reunited. >> has her mother been able to get in touch directly with her daughter? >> so the mother has not been able to speak to the little girl. they are having three-way conversations in which the aunt will pass a message from the mother to the little girl and vice versa. >> jennifer, the administration makes the point that this didnt start with them. they say the other administrations also separated children from their families. i am wondering what you say to that? >> we have never ever s...

Week as children are being separated from parents? >> no. children have been separated from their parents for years. >> no, no. this is a new policy. this is a new zero tolerance policy. >> it is a new policy for some people but children have been separated from their parents under previous administrations and in this administration prior but now with the zero tolerance policy, if you are apprehended across the border youre going to be placed in prosecution and the department of justice doesnt h...

Or he could be weak and look like he had compassion for these families. but he did confirm that hes going to be signing some kind of executive order that would keep families together. the implication in the room was that this would mean the families would be held in some kind of form of detention near the border, while their immigration status is being adjudicated. but we dont have any details. the president made it clear that hes still waiting for congress to act on this, and he also had a lot ...

Feeling of families being separated. its a problem thats gone on for many years as you know, through many administrations. were working very hard on imgreg. its been left out in the cold. people havent telt with dealt d we are dealing with it. >> lets go straight to capitol hill to democratic senator tammy baldwin of wisconsin. we should point out, the aim is to stop the practice, the keep families together act. we want to make sure we get that out there. senator baldwin, good to have you back. ...