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To one day be released. to one day be reunited with family and try to find a better life. layla santiago, cnn, tornillo, texas. straight ahead, the latest on the russia investigation. sources tell cnn president trumps attorneys are preparing written answers to questions from special counsel robert mueller. but is this a sign that the investigation is coming to a close? chloe. ♪ shes so cute. ♪ the most loved iphone meets the most loved in wireless. right now, save $300 on iphone xs at t-mo...

And i think thats what gets lost in all this discussion. >> reporter: in the meantime, children continue to wait, to one day be released, to one day be reunited with family and try to find a better life. laila santiago, cnn, tornillo, texas. an american pastor should be back in the u.s. later today. more on the pastor, andrew brunson, freed from turkey friday. only half the story?

Claim asylum, what she was told when she left her home. she got here, was held for two and a half months in miami and shes been in tornillo about a month. she doesnt know when that day will come. shes trying to navigate a complex system. speaking to her, whats at the heart of this, you can have a clean facility, air conditioned, teach school, but these are children in an abnormal situation and it will affect them. the longer they stay here, child welfare advocates say these children need to be i...

Over the course of the year. as the trump administration systematically reduced the number of children being released to live with relatives or sponsors. officials say the champ now has around 3,800 beds and that there are currently 1,500 kids age 13 to 17 being held there. they say children who pass through the facility are kept in the system at tornillo or elsewhere for an average of 59 days, up from the 30 days kmn for unaccompanied children under the obama administration. joining me now from...

It was initially designed to house around 450 children. its been dramatically expanded over the course of the year. as the trump administration systematically reduced the number of children being released to live with relatives or sponsors. officials say the champ now has around 3,800 beds and that there are currently 1,500 kids age 13 to 17 being held there. they say children who pass through the facility are kept in the system at tornillo or elsewhere for an average of 59 days, up from the 30 ...

She got here, was held for two and a half months in miami and shes been in tornillo about a month. she doesnt know when that day will come. shes trying to navigate a complex system. speaking to her, whats at the heart of this, you can have a clean facility, air conditioned, teach school, but these are children in an abnormal situation and it will affect them. the longer they stay here, child welfare advocates say these children need to be in their homes. as you pointed out this policy where we r...

Said i will fight for you and find you. >> when i saw them, i hugged them and said i would get you. im here. >> the mothers lawyer says her client superior from guatemala, fleeing violence there and seeking asylum with her three kids here in the u.s. trace? >> casey stegall live in tornillo, texas. its been confirmed that russia did interfere in the election to hurt hillary clinton and help president trump. the president repeated the denial of russian meddling but he says he will bring it up wit...

Border. he wrote a book titles "listen up, trump" and has called president trump erratic and arrogant. despite their apparent differences on immigration, president trump has called lopez obrador to congratulate him. the president says he thinks the president-elect of mexico will try to help us with the border. thats a quote. of course, its been intense at the southern border after the separation of immigrant families. president trump has accused mexico from not doing enough to stop drugs and imm...

Posted it on my twitter account -- that said they are deeply concerned about this zero tolerance policy because its taking necessary resources away from things they should be doing and so as we recraft these enforcement functions, we need to think about the most serious threats and immigration has always been fact against myth, its been used as a political football. thats what donald trump is trying to do is scare people into thinking immigrants are the cause of all the crimes, all of the unempl...

Be barred and people being given the choice do you want your kid? then you need to renounce your asylum claim. >> what kind of parents, parents who love and care, they are the ones who are traversing three and four countries because theyre trying to save their childrens lives. we created the asylum rules internationally. we literally crafted them. when the president says follow the law, theyre following the law, we are breaking the law. when we were in tornillo we started hearing stories that bo...