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Story because it was alex jones. almost no conservatives roast was defensive because alex jones, jacob. but its not really about alex jones, is it? its about the idea that companies can make it impossible for your voice to be heard. is that a precedent which should be comfortable with? >> i think you have to be worried about big tech becoming big brother because this used to be neutral platforms that said we are open to free expression, thats our core value and now they said not so much. with pa...

Lets bring our msnbc jacob soboroff, hes been following migrant families for months now. >> and our radio talk show, is with us as well. >> jacob, what can you tell us the mom and the daughter thats deported and landed in el salvador in the middle of this proceeding. >> it was unbelievable to follow le th this in realtime. i talked to the attorney in this case as the mother and the child were en route from texas to el salvador landed and stayed on the airplane, a government chartered airplane th...

Countries. joining me jacob soboroff, who has been following this story from the beginning, and retired immigration judge paul schmidt. jacob, tell us what happened last night. >> it was unbelievable, katy. there is this case with eight plaintiffs in federal court. its brought against specifically attorney general jeff sessions for these new restrictive policies that make the bar higher for passing a credible fear interview to clear asylum. you mentioned it. stricter regulations around domestic ...

Administration policies. >> well, its hard to know if its incompetence or deliberate choice sometimes. they certainly designed some of these policies to be cruel with the expressed purpose of making it a deterrent. i cant fathom the level of cruelty of send thing woman back given the known facts of the case. its easier for us to talk about here as you point out. but to some extent they have embraced cruelty as a deterrent which itself is striking. >> theyve embraced cruelty as a policy driver. >...

Going into this november election? job numbers and all that notwithstanding, how does this play for me? and i think, back to your point about swing voters, i think those swing voters are moving away from the trump circus and focusing more on the fact that they want something a little bit different and this aint it. >> i wonder how many evangelicals and family value folks, however we define that, are worried about the children and are also worried about the fact that we had to bleep the president...

From their parents is now saying, essentially, put your money where your mouth is, aclu. if you want them reunited so bad, you do it. >> is this government admitting they dont have the resources or capabilities to find these parents? >> well, what the aclu says -- how could the government say this? this is the united states government with unlimited supply of money. the resources in terms of manpower in order to dedicate these people across hhs and the department of justice and the department of...

Government says we dont think it is necessary to give over the a-file because there is a whole other list the aclu wants. it is bickering about information when remember we are talking about 572 kids that are still sitting in u.s. government custody after being systemically taken away from their parents and held by the u.s. government. thats what it is about. 572 kids are still in custody of the u.s. government. >> jacob, i know you have been following this story from the beginning. you have bee...

Again, was basically his parting thoughts in court on friday. >> jacob, thank you very much. pbss "front line" is taking a closer look at the crisis with a new special entitled "separated children at the border." here is a clip featuring an interview with former acting director of i.c.e. >> when you heard the tape, the pro publica published of the children waling, what was your reaction? >> i didnt hear the tape. >> come on. >> i did not hear the tape. ive heard many children cry in my 34 years....

Them battle it out with the aclu. there were 650 kids, senator blumenthal didnt know the number. 650 is the number of children that the government deemed ineligible to be reunited with their parents and didnt reunite them. the judge stepped in and basically said there are missing parents. he calls them missing parents. go find them. the government was refusing to provide the aclu information, specific detailed information that would help them track down these folks in their home countries includ...

Let me be clear. those children were separated in the exact same way at the exact same places that the kids that were deemed eligible were separated. the only issue with these children is they say some of these parents, 431 of them were already deported. thats it. they just got deported before they could get-together with their children. another small portion of that group has some form of criminal convictions but we dont know why or what kind. they are focused on 120 of these parents, who they ...