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Apprehended, they have to be detained in a facility that is licensed, which basically means, in so many words, that the staff at that facility, the people that are running that facility, that they have training and they have guidelines that deal with the safety and the well being and the psychological well being and the health of the children being held in that facility. and what the call to me from the justice department indicated today is that when they go into court, and they told me it could...

Settlement for the children coming into the united states. he talks about a catch and release policy that doesnt even exist. i think in his executive order today he states that this flores case puts the administration in the position -- this is a quote from his order -- in a position of separating alien families to effectively enforce the law. this is completely false. its completely untrue. neither congress nor the flores settlement agreement have ever required the separation of children from t...

In so many words, that the staff at that facility, the people that are running that facility, that they have training and they have guidelines that deal with the safety and the well being and the psychological well being and the health of the children being held in that facility. and what the call to me from the justice department indicated today is that when they go into court, and they told me it could be as soon as tomorrow, that one of the things they would like to have reversed or vacated f...

Nancy pelosi said, the president trumps executive order seeks to replace one form of child abuse with another. instead of protecting traumatized children, the president has directed the attorney general to pave the way for the long term incarceration amilies. and we just learned that the justice department called peter schey to try to get a modification in the flores case, which dates back to attorney general janet reno when the case was first brought. >> today wasnt the end of this fight. it wa...

To stay with us. >> yes. >> and chris hayes and john bolton -- jacob soboroff in texas covering the story. and sunday night jacob soboroff will be doing an hour on the border on date line sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. well hear more from peter schey about his legal authority to enter and examine any facility holding children in these cases anywhere in the country. and well hear more from what he expects in litigation with the justice department possibly as early as tomorrow. well be righ...

Minors are detained must be a licensed facility. and they want that part of the settlement stricken or modified so they can start detaining parents with children in military-type facilities or other types of facilities that are not in any way licensed to ensure the safety and the well-being of children. i think it is a retreat. i think it is a major retreat. but on the other hand he simply cannot accept responsibility for a catastrophic and irrational decision to separate children in the first p...

Children. so -- >> peter schey, can i ask you your reaction to one nyu law professor tonight has called this an unqualified retreat for the president. do you see it that way? >> i think its a qualified retreat. i got it all from the department of justice today telling me pursuant to the instructions of the president they intend to be in court, possibly as soon as tomorrow, in our case in order to request that the judge modify the agreement. and according to the conversation with the department o...

>> thank you for joining us with theaking news on how you plan to handle the fight with the justice department that could begin as early as tomorrow. thank you for joining us, peter. john, weve seen the president go in reverse, its something weve seen many times before starting with whos going to build the wall, mexico is going to build the wall. in fact, weer here because mexico did not pay for the wall. so the president decided it was time to take hostages and see if he could get congress to p...