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Border specifically to commit crime and join that gang? >> according to the latest fbi statistics -- its probably early spring -- i know they were pretty widespread. they were in 46 states across the u.s., but the numbers of the whole gang were lower than 10,000. i think they were about 6,000 or 7,000 identified members by the fbi of the ms-13 gang, which is very low when you think about the fact that there are more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the united states. so thats a very low per...

Cannot do this. this is madness. and unless and until that happens, they will keep doing it. so local officials standing in the way of licensing of these facilities, political leaders of washington, constituents who have been burying congressional offices with phone calls. i heard someone say its the most theyve seen since health care care, all that needs to be sustained thor will continue. >> maria teresa kumar, it seems that basically four the total will be secret baby jails in south texas cha...

>> reporter: we just saw a couple vans arrive. we understand this is the overflow area for a lot of centers youre talking about this. just about a quarter of mile behind me just out of view that is intentional. they dont want the media to see this tent city. about 18 to 20 tents were told by a congressman that right now about 400 beds chis in that tent city. theyre preparing for up to 4,000 beds in this tent city as you said, the temperature here is a growing concern to officials. it was 105 deg...

Is a lower le commodeus for a jail. theres no air conditioning or things that some jails have so these things start to look like camps, the kind of camps that live in infamy in our history. >> theyre internment camps. we saw the images of those tents in tornillo, those are internment camps in tornillo. >> and ofilia, the knowledge that the president of the united states could stop all of this tomorrow, is that something that everyone involved in this struggle understands? is that something that ...

Landed here recently as you did, i came from london, i cover government strife around the world. its incredibly uncomfortable saying to you and the country on camera the american government is not letting us inside these facilities. the american government is not showing us inside these facilities. the american government is offering jacob soboroff photos from two years ago. im used to saying these things in countries overseas. the thing that has always -- and this is by way of reporting -- the ...

Housing infant babies and younger girls so we have found the girls but this is as close as we can get. trump administration says that it is housing some children in what they want to call a tent city that was built last week tornillo, texas. thats about 800 miles northwest of brownsville where i am tonight and about an hour south of el paso. nbcs cal perry joins us life now from tornillo, texas. cal, what have you discovered there? >> lawrence, about a quarter of a mile behind me is the tent cit...

Of this story. >> it wont work unless people take a page from the play book of health care, flood your town halls, talk to your representatives, make sure they recognize this is not who we are because we have to make sure we are present. come to tornillo, texas, this sunday because its a march but its talking about who we are. these children have to know they are loved and cared for. whatever the american government is doing they have gone rogue and these are not laws, they are policies that can...

>> i think theyre jails. if youre locked in a box and you cant get out youre in jail. anybody in that situation would feel that way. >> now when were seeing these tent facilities, now were talking about something that is different from jail because it is a lower level - commodeus for a jail. theres no air conditioning or things that some jails have so these things start to look like camps, the kind of camps that live in infamy in our history. >> theyre internment camps. we saw the images of thos...

Lawrence, we cant get inside, we go to the road, we are escorted back by the border security. we saw vans leaving. we assume that was taking unaccompanied minors to dinner. by way of reporting, lawrence, i landed here recently as you did, i came from london, i cover government strife around the world. its incredibly uncomfortable saying to you and the country on camera the american government is not letting us inside these facilities. the american government is not showing us inside these facili...

Whats the situation like from your eyes? >> well, dana, we are less than a mile from the u.s.-mexico border here in tornillo. behind us if you can see off in the distance beyond those fences sort of a white structure, those are the tents that the government has put up to house. so teenaged boys that have been moved here from the more permanent structures. they are trying to make room for the younger kids at the permanent facilities. who are right now being separated from their parents. now, a li...