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Migrant children in government custody. joining us now are maria echevaste, former deputy chief of staff to president clinton and lecturer at the university of california berkeley school of law. also with us, nbc news correspondent julia ainsley, who covers the department of justice and the department of homeland security. great to have both of you with us. julia, let me begin with you more and talk a little bit more if i may about what we learned stephen millers role in this new attempt to expl...

Really just sitting empty right now. the law even requires children to be placed in the least restrictive situation possible. how is the trump administration getting around this? >> you know, we have no idea. i think this is one of the examples of how this administration is breaking the black-letter law. the trafficking victim protection reauthorization act clearly requires that children be placed in the least restrictive environment possible in the childs best interest, and theres no question t...

Of congress from el paso, texas. when beto orourke gave up his seat in the house to run for senate against ted cruz, a race he came close to winning which launched his presidential bid, it was veronica escobar who ended up running as the democratic nominee to succeed beto orourke for that seat. it was a democratic primary for beto orourkes seat and veronica escobar won it running away with 61% of the vote. on election night in 2018, she became the first woman to ever represent that district in e...

You might remember a national -- a moment of national attention during that campaign. then-candidate veronica escobar helped lead the protests in tornillo, texas, where the trump administration had started holding kids in tent cities. kids that they had taken away from their parents. in the trump administrations ze zero-tolerance policy. now, that zero-tolerance policy of taking kids away from their families, taking kids away from their moms and dads, that supposedly was ended by the trump admin...

Back to those tent cities that we saw last fall, like in tornillo, because those, of course, were the site of protests, and they dont want to get back into those non-traditional structures. but from people ive spoken to today, the responses to this story, it seems like those are options that may have been to be explored down the road. >> julia, thank you, as always, for your continued reporting on this. julia ainsley for us. >> a judge will soon decide whether the last abortion clinic will stay ...

[ laughter ] by god, when -- [ applause ] can we get amy and ulysses and the whole family together, when are you going to know? have you given yourself a deadline? im serious about that. have you given yourself -- >> and the serious answer is really soon. [ laughter ] is, is really soon, before the end of this month. issued a call to action to the world. come down to el paso, to tornillo where we are i imprisoning these kids. lets testify, this is happening in your name in this country. do not b...

There are no longer any migrant children being housed at the infamous tent city in tornillo, texas. the department of health and human services said the last of the children has been transferred or released to family members, as hhs prepares to close the facility. more than 6,000 children had come through the detention camp since june, with a peak of 2,800 being housed there as of mid-december. the nonprofit contractor that ran the facility had refused to accept anymore kids, despite trump admin...

Retire and live with the singh family. officials living in tornillo, texas say all children at the tent city shelter will be released. the numbers have been dropping. they expect to close the facility completely by the end of the month and hhs spokesperson is telling cnn they have no updates. for an update to an incredible story cnn has been following for two years. in october of 2016, the mcdonald family decided to have their boys jaden and anias separated, they were born conjoined at the h...

Were at the border trying to get into tornillo, trying to get in, being blocked. theres going to be congressional oversight down there as well. we have to leave it there. jab jacob, thanks for everything youre doing and susan page for all your reporting. well be right back. orting well be right back. eligible card members up to fifty thousand dollars, decided in as little as 60 seconds. the powerful backing of american express. dont do business without it.

This question right now about the death of a 7-year-old girl, jakelin caal. there is talk that congress can investigate the conditions under which she was given care and then died. what do you know about that? >> well, i hope the house can have a full investigation. clearly, its very difficult under the republican leadership of the house and senate because theyre not interested in investigating these matters. and by the way, in kind of a very related way, our congressional delegation, fife of us...