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>> yeah. a lot of the democrats that want to abolish i.c.e. are noting that i.c.e. didnt exist more than 20 years ago. this is an agency created after 9/11 as part of the department of homeland security. their main objective is to make sure that the border is secure. also, go on various investigations to make sure that people who are in the country illegally are removed. for the past couple of year, under president barack obama, the focus was on criminal illegal aliens, people who had not only e...

Indeed be the case. so, what can become complicated here is if they waive their asylum claim, it is also possible they are deported, the parent is. the child is moving through deportation proceedings, as well, but they may be deported later. i talked to a former i.c.e. official who said that it is quite possible that they could be separated at different times, and those different times can be a difference of years. in that case, we could even be going toward permanent separation, in which a pare...

Years, run into i.c.e., and those people are deported. thats the reason youre seeing democrats call for the eliminate of i.c.e. they have expanded their mandate, not only going after criminals who have committed crimes after being in the country, but also people who are part of communities, grandmothers, young people who havent necessarily committed crimes beyond the immigration crime, of being in the country illegally. thats part of the reason youre seeing democrats who really want to crack dow...

Piece. they want to see the laws themselves overhauled, rather thanasi a reorganization or retooling for the agency responsible for enforcing the laws. that said, over the last few months, quite quickly, we have seen a dramatic upswing in the number of democrats, particul particularly grassroots activists, who are making this a key issue. most notably, cortez, who defeated joe crowleys in new yorks 14th congressional district this past week. a key part of her campaign was arguing i.c.e. needed t...

Mariana is near grand park. were seeing the crowds beginning to amass in los angeles. tell us what to expect as that rally gets underway today. >> reporter: thousands of people already concentrated here in front of city hall, david. theyre going to march for about a mile in front of an i.c.e. facility. you can just see the crowds behind me. people getting really creative with their signs. you can see a play off of the melania jacket she wore to her visit here. signs calling to abolish i.c.e. the...

Talking about i.c.e. play a clip of kiersten gillibrand from new york, calling for the eliminate of i.c.e. >> i dont think i.c.e. today is working as intended. >> you think you should get rid of the agency? >> i believe it has been a deportation force. you should get rid of it, start over, reimagine it, and build something that actually works. >> the senator for new york calling for the eliminate of i.c.e. i want to get a sense of how many folks in congress echo what were hearing from the senato...

Abolish abolished. in a series of tweets, the president rejected the calls against i.c.e. i want to read here. the democrats are making a push to abolish i.c.e., one of the smartest and toughest and spirited groups of men and women ive ever seen. ive watched i.c.e. liberate towns from the grasp of ms-13. there is nothing to back up that claim. we dont know what towns the president might be referring to. the second tweet from the president, to the great and brave men and women of i.c.e., do not w...

Twitter to defend i.c.e., which some on the left called for abolishing. the president tweeting, the radical left dems want i.c.e. out. accusing democrats of wanting the police out, too. he also tweeted hes watched i.c.e. liberate towns from the grasp of ms-13. there is nothing to back up that claim. well have protests covered from coast to coast. garrett haake in washington, d.c., blocks away from the white house. were in los angeles, el paso, texas, and brooklyn, new york. well go to garrett. c...

People at schools and airports. thats the reality here along the border. overhanging this, the tent city, 45 minutes to my south. of course, the number in the lower right-hand corner of your screen, 2,047 children still separated from their families in u.s. government detention. david? >> cal, thank you very much. el paso, texas. were going to dig into the debate over the future of i.c.e. later on in the program. i wantbeth, our senior politics director. we turn to new york. what have you heard ...

David, the protesters marched, about 1,000 of them, from central el paso to the border with the crossing with juarez. really, we heard people speaking out not just about the donald trump separations, but i.c.e. a lot of people here using this as a teaching and learning experience for their kids. take a listen. >> im here teaching my kids to stand up, hoping they learn early that i need to speak up so this doesnt happen again in their lifetime. im worried about the world my kids are growing up? >...