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>> the challenge here is that president trump has moved from hopefully, a cruel policy of separating children from their parents to an approach that says, lets detain indefinitely parents and children together. given how long it takes for an asylum case to be heard, it will take months, even years to get the number of immigration judges up to develop or build a appropriate facilities for this indefinite detention. many democrats, myself included, have been asking whether that is wise or humane. ...

A good idea -- even put aside the fact of aonth-old baby away from its mother or father but then to ship them across the country? >> well, clearly in president trumps eyes this baby is a murdering terrorist drug dealer to rape everybody. its -- >> lets remind people youre a republican. >> im moral first. and i have a duty to the constitution not to my party overall and when the president talks about getting rid of due process and puts down what ted cruz put forward, a fantastic bill that could h...

Hearings and bring people up to washington kulgting this process with their feet. >> old-fashioned american oversight having members of congress go down to the border and try to get answers themselves and get access to these facilities. garrett thank you. we will continue to report on the story as we have been doing since it began. garrett haake for us in mcallen, texas. we are hearing reports of the separated children being used as a negotiating chip against their parents. the texas tribune r...

Were following up with her. she has to show up to court this tuesday. she was showing me the documents. theyre all in english, of course, barely able to make any sense of them. and she cannot afford a lawyer to her her in her asylum case. thats some of the challenges these families are facing even when they try to seek asylum the right way. >> cal, on that point, i go back to that tweet from the president, were going to talk about it later with some legal experts. hes talking about folks coming ...

Business whatsoever prejudging anybodys cases, especially an asylum case. that right there is a problem, and it has legal ramifications to it. but to answer your question directly, those are not easy cases, and people are not just told what to say, and if somebody comes in and says something thats scripted, you know, theres a credible fear interview. thats the first step. and the officers are trained to pick up on that. so, the president doesnt know the law. he doesnt know whats going on. hes si...

That theyre happy. you know, im just on vacation, ill be there soon. >> what does the mom tell you about what she knows about the kids? >> because the mother is detained i have limited access to her. >> you cant get to her either? >> well, at this point she has a bond hearing set for june 29th. ive asked to appear telephonically. if i get word i can appear telephonically i will do so. if i dont get word by the 28th, i have to buy an emergency ticket to fly out to eloy, arizona and be with mother...

Kids? >> because the mother is detained i have limited access to her. >> you cant get to her either? >> she has a bond hearing set for june 29th. ive asked to appear telefon telephonically. if i dont get word by the 28th i have to buy an emergency ticket to fly out to arizona and be with mother at the hearing on the 29th. >> you said its an asylum case. >> yes. >> do you believe its a legitimate asylum case? >> absolutely. >> or someone coming here for an opportunity. >> >> a mother would not ta...

Border. immigration activists say there is a backup to apply for asylum. -- thats why many of these migrant families they say make the decision to cross illegally. now, behind here just off in the distance we can see that thats where the cbp officers are. right now -- [ muted ] -- here, you know -- over the past several weeks, sometime theres is a backup right over there. now, the question is, how will many of these children, these thousands of children that were separated from their families, h...

Democrats care more about illegal immigrants than they do about american citizens. here he is. >> democrats put illegal immigrants before they put american citizens. what the hell is going on? >> and of course, congressman, there are so many children in america who are suffering. nearly 20% of kids under 18 in this country, citizens living in poverty, according to the census bureau. does the president have a point? that more of the focus should be there? >> no, erin. we spend a lot of time in co...

With their children. do you treat them differently than other people crossing the border illegally? if im reading you correctly, you are saying the white house wants to charge each person who crosses the border illegally with criminal charges. youre saying, no. dont do that. were not going to detain you. if you have kids were just not going to detain you period. thats your answer. >> my answer is that we dont have to criminalize everyone thats coming here seeking asylum that we had a process tha...