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In some of these cases. in the situation where you are, there a way that groups outside of the government sphere can finds these children somehow find their parents and put them back together? >> well try. but without the information from the government, its going to be very, very difficult. one of the things out of the hearing today is that the reason hhs is saying besides they dont want to do all the work, that they think its not good for the child, not because they dont think it should be wit...

You wouldnt want to march in there and take the kids from where they are, but fl are thousands, you know the answer. and how you can get them back reunited. >> i know youve been involved in some of these cases. in the situation where you are, there a way that groups outside of the government sphere can finds these children somehow find their parents and put them back together? >> well try. but without the information from the government, its going to be very, very difficult. one of the things ou...

Memo. the memo stated a policy criminally prosecuting parents would require close coordination with dhs which was will be taxed for shousing and children separated by mom and dad. >> dhs and hhs were unaware that your former bosses, memo was coming. >> is it correct that the department of justice dwofdedpr no advance notice to those questions. >> it is just a yes or no question. >> did you provide advance notice? >> we conducted a press conference in san diego with customs enforcement when we an...

Dont know that was the intent or the kids are being adopted. but i think we have to be careful because if the parentss not around, you never know what will happen. i think the real reason was immigration enforcement and avr within knows its not going to deter peoplegen withinly in fear and its just something in the united states we dont do. >> let me add that hhs has said that they warned the administration that this was a bad idea. and there -- and the edict came down there was no flan how they...

>> does anyone know how many are still separated from their parents? nobody knows. >> i want to be very clear. children in our custody, children who were in o.r.r. custody in the 26th of june we have laboriously worked to -- >> i understand. >> because hhs did not receive from dhs any list or aniny indication of the complete set of separated children. >> i just feel like whats been happening is more than irresponsible and sloppy but i really think that what were talking about is state sponsored ...

Children. >> so the democrats there not mincing any words. theyre also criticizing hhs secretary alex azar for not appearing at this hearing. of course, hhs not responsible for the policy itself, but theyre in charge of the office of refugee resettlement which was responsible for the children. theyre saying the secretary should be there to answer some of their questions. hhs, of course, is now saying the secretary is working with them, providing documents, and theyre saying that the secretary wi...

>> would you have advised doj or dhs to implement the policy of zero tolerance if they had asked? >> neither i nor any career person would ever have supported such a policy proposal. >> i do not believe separation of parechildren from their pare is best for the child but i did not participate in the decision of the policy. >> does anybody know how many are still separated from their parents? >> children who are in custody, who were in custody on the 26th of june, we have laboriously worked. >> i...

3,000 children were separated. now that report is saying thousands more children may have been separated. thats been a big flash point at this committee hearing. also some questions have been emerging about which officials knew what when. you saw commander general white there. he said hes not sure which officials between hhs -- that is separate from the doj which implemented the policy -- hes not sure which officials there knew this policy would go into effect. then he talked about the traumatic...

Past few weeks there are no exact numbers and the children werent adequately tracked. it is likely that thousands more children were separated than initially believed. democrats this morning will be digging in to find out how this happened. the problem is they may not get a lot of answers here. health and human services secretary azar has declined to appear at the hearing. democrats call it outrageous, unacceptable. azars office saying that hes still willing to work with the committee to provide...

Today for reunification of their parents and are still in the custody of hhs. there are over 80 more that are in the custody of hhs that may not be reunited with their parents for a variety of factors. but the huge question is what happened that those thousands of kids that the office of inspector general report says were potentially separated as well. you heard the chairwoman from colorado who called the policy abhorrent. this is the first day of the first hearing by this democratic congress of...