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Generals report says 100% of the families and the family case management program showed up for their hearings. so the administration basically lied to the american public, said people arent showing up for their hearings, so we have to do something dramatically different, that is to treat people as criminals, and they did share finally, after a year, after a year of launching the pilot project, they shared their real intention which was to deter people from seek asylum in the united states of ame...

>> and realize that the entire premise of this program is completely flawed. the administration for publicity said this is catch and release, that people dont show up to their hearings. but the administration shut down the family case management program, and the inspector generals report says 100% of the families and the family case management program showed up for their hearing. so the administration basically lied to the american public, said people arent showing up for their hearing, so we ha...

Resources, kind of begrudgingly saying, well, we really wanted to separate these kids from these parents. were being told we have to reunite them. were just not going to make that much of an effort. >> it is amazing when you think about you had secretary kelly who at the time, before was chief of staff of homeland security telling wolf blitzer more than a year ago it was that they were considering separating the children as a policy and that it would be a deterrent or potentially a deterrent, an...

Than 40. joining me now, democratic congressman of michigan who visited a facility in michigan last week. a lot have been sent to michigan or are currently being detained there. this directly affects you and your constituency. first, to get your reaction of this federal court ruling overnight saying that were not going to go around flores. flores basically said that children cant be held longer than 20 days. >> we had a program that was to accommodate the flores ruling. that is the family case m...

People coming for a better life. these are folks who are coming, fleeing for their lives in large part. and in world war ii, we turned back a ship with 900 jews aboard. im jewish. hundreds of those jews were returned to germany and murdered in the holocaust. we did not allow anne franks family to come to this country. we read the diary of anne frank and she was murdered. and we said after world war ii, we were a leader in protecting refugees and saying, never again. and yet this is what we are d...

>> this is the pushback you get. you dont think they are a flight risk, they should be released. people would say, hey, the rate of folks detained, released, given a court date and acty showing up for that court date, there is a lot of people who dont do that. >> i would tell them to actually look at the statistics involving asylum seekers. the obama administration put in a case management program that was 95% to 98% effective. the reason is because once you pass your initial asylum screening wh...

Situation -- its better than separating the child, better than separating the child. i mean, it is so bad. these little kids are going to sleep every night clinging to pictures of their parents. at some point we need to move from an abstract debate about policy arguments to taking into account these human consequences. >> and we have to balance heart and head here. we have to keep the facts straight. 75% show for the hearing. not dont show, 75% show, that means 25% do not, but thats being made i...

Bracelets. we hear the number is 75%. theres certain community programs, with sponsorship, get it over 90% and well show up. thats being used by the administration saying none of them show up. are you okay with people putting tracking bracelets on them? >> i think in an exteam are situation -- its better than separating the child, better than separating the child. its so bad. these little kids are going to sleep every night clinging to pictures of their parents. at some point we need to move fro...

Reliable system? what would you do with these families where you need more time to decide their asylum cases. we did have a reliable system, a system in the family case management program that turned out people according to the inspector general of 100% at their hearings. and it use -- they used combinations. they used electronic tracking, they used people who speak the language of the people. tracked where they were with cell phones. they basically stayed in close touch. that worked. and it cos...

Worked, that many people are basically released with their kids. they disappear into the united states, and 75% may come back and appear in court like they are supposed to, but 25% dont. >> there was a case management program enacted or put together to improve on this. and the only report i have seen on this, is that they have had a 99% response rate. people showing up for their hearings. it costs far less money than imprisoning people. i havent seen an independent assessment that is accurate. b...