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Administration to take control of the reunification process. joining us now is maria three a kumar and amir standen. she was hillary clintons policy director during the 2008 presidential campaign. there still isnt somebody in charge of this. the court is ordering them to get somebody in charge of the reuniting. >> yes. i mean, we have been going through this saga for months and more importantly, these children have been going through this pain and misery at the hand of the trump administration f...

Many of these parents were removed from the country without their child. all of this is the result of the government separation and then inability and failure to track and reunite. and the reality is that for every parent who is not located, there will be a permanently or fanned child. that is 100% the responsibility of the administration. that same judge is now ordering the white house to designate a person or team within the administration to take control of the reunification process. joining ...

Hundreds of missing parents, saying they have more resources to track them down. more resources than the federal government. but today a federal judge rejected that proposal and blasted the governments efforts to reunite these families as unacceptable. many of these parents were removed from the country without their child. all of this is the result of the government separation and then inability and failure to track and reunite. and the reality is that for every parent who is not located, there...

Headed the fbi. hes a consummate professional. he is handling this professionally. the reason hes getting battered in the press by the presidents constant tweets calling it a witch hunt is because he believes that a good professional prosecutor doesnt try his case in the press. im going to give him the timetable he needs to complete this. this is an historic undertaking. i want it done right. when its all over, i want the american people to feel justice is being done. >> thats got to be the bar....

Going to have a role when it comes to dealing with what is happening on our border right now. this reunification process is pleasing to one of the judges in the litigations. but its still a low standard. we know theres not a plan. and most importantly we know from an hhs official now that they knew what would happen if they did this and they did it anyway. what does that tell you and what can you do about that? >> well, it tells me that this idea, forcibly removing children from their parents, w...

Families is today. more than 2500 parents separated from children, 463 parents have been deported. so what becomes very clear is the connection between the children and the parents, that is a sprags itself that was a horrific dark act. but the administration was incompetent on top of it, or callous calloused. so they are having an normally difficult time reuniting the families. >> the judge overseeing the lawsuit between the aclu and the government in this case does say that the reunification pr...

Immigration advocates, that as the government struggles to reunite these families, that the whole process is chaotic and confusing. right now were here in texas near mccowan. this is a shelter that typically deals with migrant families. they say from time to time they are seeing some of these family members come in, as this reunification process is under way. but the director here says there is some confusion here. and now some of these families are being reunited behind closed doors in the ft. ...

Theyre not eligible. and some big chunk are ineligible because we deported their parents. so if any of them can stay in the united states, first of all, none of them can be reunited by thursday. they can say we were successful. one by one the aclu has requested to get information and requested to go through the cases. 463 of the 917, the government admitted tonight, may have already been deported before this court case basically mandated that you have to keep these families together is there had...

Theyre not eligible. and some big chunk are ineligible because we deported their parents. so if any of them can stay in the united states, first of all, none of them can be reunited by thursday. they can say we were successful. one by one the aclu has requested to get information and requested to go through the cases. 463 of the 917, the government admitted tonight, may have already been deported before this court case basically mandated that you have to keep these families together is there had...

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