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Hear. [ crying ] >> reporter: now, she is, amazingly enough, one of the lucky ones. she had lawyers backing her up. she was able to get her initial asylum claim, the credible fear test, as they call it. she passed that and then she was able to get bond and then she got out and then she was able to identify where her child was. they flew her child in to logan, to meet her and thats the reunion we see now. we are hearing, it is possible, that the trump administration is beginning to move so the ge...

She her law firm and other volunteers that work with her. it is a legal step but its a huge step. they were able to pass their asylum credible fear test. which means they have a credible reason to be seeking in the u.s. thats been judged by ice. ice officials on the fourth of july working approving those bonds for the individuals. heres how the lawyer says one client reacted when she heard the news. >> when you told your clients you have bond. what was the response? >> one of them fell down on h...

Many of those children were separated from their parents as part of the zero tolerance policy. theres great pressure on the administration right now and theres a lot of movement by the administration, but we are not seeing reunifications that the administration is making on their own accord. they say they are coming. we are seeing them in other ways, though. there was a guatemalan mother who had a very emotional reunion with her 8-year-old daughter at bostons logan airport today. she was picked ...

Offs ordered by a judge where the individual happened to be represented. we are lucky enough to be represented by groups. we just saw one of those in logan airport. i want to show you a little bit of this. it is very difficult to watch. it is very difficult to listen to. this is a mother who had not seen her child for two months. she was in detention. she got la bond hearing. she passed her credible fear test, meaning that she past the first step of getting asylum. she got bond hearing. she was ...

Knees and just cried. she couldnt believe it. >> reporter: and who is her child or children? >> she has a son that is 15 years old, and hes in new york. >> reporter: so theyre going to have -- for these people, after all of this, the journey has really just begun. >> right. but for them this is a major bright spot, to be able to know that not only did they finally pass their credible fear interviews but now theyve been given the opportunity to be able to pay a bond, to be released from detention...

From you. this is inhumane. i would like to say it is unamerican. it is on all of us, not just the trump administration. is why we are marching to shed light on this to ensure everyone in america knows this is going on i hope to produce the outrageo force those in power to do the right thing. i am working on legislation to end the practice of family separation. i need republicans and democrats alike to join us to make sure that is america and that we make sure that those who petition for asylum ...

This is on all of us, and thats why were marching today to bear witness to shed light on this, to make sure everyone in america knows that this is going on. i hope to produce the outrage and the public pressure to force those in power to do the right thing. im working on legislation with my colleagues to end the practice of family separation. it will be introduced this coming week. and i need republicans and democrats alike to join us to make sure that is america, and that we make sure that thos...

Us would do for our own kids in the same situation. let us allow her to petition for asylum. if she meets the credible fear test, theres a process for us to allow her to continue to stay in this country. if she does not, she will be sent back to her country of origin. those are our laws. theyre the way theyre intended to work. we should allow them to do so. right now we are doing something so inhumane, so un-american that im ashamed. but its now on all of us. this is who we are. this is what wer...

The cartels, they control all of the crossings, they decide who goes in between the ports of entry, who goes to the ports of entry. and at the end of the day why are we prosecuting this young mother like a common criminal for doing what any single one of us would do for our own kids in the same situation. let us allow her to petition for asylum. if she meets the credible fear test, theres a process for us to allow her to continue to stay in this country. if she does not, she will be sent back to...