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Accounts of border agents allegedly mistreating, punishing, even abusing kids at an overcrowded facility in yuma, arizona. one 15-year-old girl alleges she was sexually assaulted. jacob soboroff broke this story for nbc and hes been at front of this story from the start. jacob, tell us what you found. >> its pretty horrific. weve heard all these reports of what was going on in texas and for the first time weve heard what happened inside an arizona border patrol station. many of the issues we hea...

Reporters who broke this story, jacob soboroff. jacob, thank you for your time tonight. i appreciate you taking time. >> rachel, thanks. and thanks to you and your team for collaborating with us on this. >> yeah, i understand this originated with essentially a tip from a viewer, somebody alerting us to the existence of these -- of these incident reports. let me just ask you about your reporting process a little bit and how you were able to verify what these were what they appear to be. >> these ...

Right away, and they have support services so if they have a mental health issue or they have to go back and get their ged or some other issue, they have services around them. using that basic model, we drove veteran homelessness down 47% between 2010 and 2016. so we have seen this can happen, what it takes. >> how did you do that? youre giving a head nod to what some folks know and dont know. but you know well. some say every night in america, one out of three of those homelessness are veterans...

Migrants pose no threat or danger to the united states. we know from past history that when we connect them with case managers in a community, they have a 99% chance of meeting their court dates and their appointments with i.c.e., and it costs us a tenth of what we pay to keep them in detention and in custody. >> so in other words, catch and release is something you support? >> no, i wouldnt call it catch and release. identical it helping those who are seeking asylum in this country to follow ou...

They have lied about being parents. >> its, its here the question. mr. secretary. if these kids are -- so happy right now theyre playing and, getting an education, and theyre being treated with love, why are you turning away members of congress, the news media, from visiting these facilities to let the world see whats going on? because you know the, the impression that the entire world is seeing of the united states right now. people all over the world are wondering whats going on? >> oh, come o...

How these kids are living after theyve been taken apart from their moms and dads. this footage was shot by an employee of a foster services center in new york city. that employee shot the video surreptitiously and smuggled it out. she has since quit her job there. she captured this incredible moment with this distraught young girl saying she wants to speak to her mother. the person who shot this footage also expressed concern as to whether or not the staffing levels at this facility, the case ma...

The first footage thats been made public that was taken inside a facility that serves these kids who the trump administration has taken away from their parents. this is the first time that weve had any visual window into how these kids are living after theyve been taken apart from their moms and dads. this footage was shot by an employee of a foster services center in new york city. that employee shot the video surreptitiously and smuggled it out. she has since quit her job there. she captured t...

Days. we know the case managers are working hard. most of the children are coming from guatemala, honduras. trying to track down a parent seems like a daunting challenge. >> thank you for that reporting. i want to get to my friend kristen welker at the white house. we saw the president who is firing off more tough rhetoric about this issue illegal immigration. what can we expect to hear from him again today when he speaks alongside those family members who lost loved ones. >> reporter: we saw th...

Immigration issues when he could end this today. >> hang on one second, senator merkley. see if we can figure out what some legislative plan, and there are two we voted on this week. lets see what you could support. would you support any border wall funding if it would protect these children wore o being separated from their families, keep them together? >> so, john, just one thing i want to clear up. there was a case management program, case managers were assigned. 99% success rate in people tu...

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