they were vastly unprepared to handle the child separations. they were even more unprepared to handle the situation when we started moving around those tender-aged children. that s when we saw the creation of these tent cities and these beds and the discussion about perhaps moving folks onto military bases. so, no, i don t think they re any better off than they were a week ago, brian. and, cal, what personal reporting do you have on the stories we ve seen emerge that the zero they ve taken something off of the absolute zero-tolerance policy at the border, that it s not being enforced as much or as effectively? reporter: right. so what we re seeing here is a continuation of the immigration system overwhelming the courts really. doing duck, duck, goose down a line where they re pulling kids away from their parents and putting them in these tent facilities. we have sure appreciated your reporting from out there, cal perry. we really appreciate you joining us from el paso county, t
and, cal, what personal reporting do you have on the stories we ve seen emerge that the zero they ve taken something off of the absolute zero-tolerance policy at the border, that it s not being enforced as much or as effectively? reporter: right. so what we re seeing here is a continuation of the immigration system overwhelming the courts really. when you go into these courts and you see people come in in groups and you see them plead in groups, and then you see them leave, you realize that the system wasn t great before, but it s worse now. and while they may not be separating families at the border and we ve heard really awful anecdotal stories about i.c.e. agents going basically doing duck, duck, goose down a line where they re pulling kids away from their parents and putting them in these tent facilities. and while that may not be happening anymore, we don t know what the federal government is doing when they re still separating these kids, when they
subject. this weekend, the president, who has arrested over 3,000 children at the southern border played golf at a trump golf course as he does most weekends. and he did spe one minute looking for the babies. not one minute. which is my response to everyone one of his tweets now that have nothing to do with his job as president of the united states is, have you found the babies yet? joining us now from el paso, texas joy reed host of a.m. joy and cal perry, global news editor and peter shea is back with us. joy, you and cal managed to get inside one of these tent facilities that they have on a military base down there today. what did you see?
and he did not spend one minute looking for the babies. not one minute. which is my response to everyone one of his tweets now that have nothing to do with his job as president of the united states is, have you found the babies yet? joining us now from el paso, texas joy reed host of a.m. joy and cal perry, global news editor and peter shea is back with us. joy, you and cal managed to get inside one of these tent facilities that they have on a military base down there today. what did you see? well, we took a tour, there were 23 reporters in total, we were walked through this facility. it s a military camp. there s sort of no better way to
is wrong. i want to tell you, these members of his cabinet who remain and try to defend him, they won t be able to go to a restaurant, they won t be able to stop at a gas station, they re not going to be able to shop at a department store. the people are going to turn on them. they re going to protest. they re absolutely going to harass them until they decide that they re going to tell the president, no, i can t hang with you. this is wrong, this is unconscionable, we can t do this to children. we saw sarah huckabee sanders turned away from a restaurant in lexington, virginia, yesterday because of her affiliation with the president. let me ask you lastly here about policy. you re on house financial services, you keep track of policies put in place by the white house. let me broaden that. talking with my colleague cal perry at the border in torrino, texas, at one of these tent facilities, he says it s