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Thyme you so much. i want to go to caliperry, who is standing by for us in tornillo, texas. >>. >> that protest wrapped up, partly because the -- in the sun its far, far worse. we heard some rousing speeches, really the theme of the day, of course, was to reject president trumps policy not only of splatting minors out from families, but these detention facilities were learning so much about. specifically the detention facilities behind me. we nods theres some 250 to 270

Tolerance that split 2,300 children from their parents, children put in cages, children held in detention facilities, children sent across the country hundreds of miles away from where they last saw their parents. by the way, we still dont know what will happen to those kids, those children, and when those families will be reunited. right now, our big question is this -- now what happens to the kids already separated from their parents and has the damage already been done? nbcs kelly odonnell is...

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 exist 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 degrees here today. you can imagine what its going to be like if you have 20 unaccompanied minors in those tents during that heat. i want to echo what lawrence said. we are asking for access to these centers. we a...

Now, you mentioned those protests, well, were expecting another one here today, a little later this morning. it has been happening about every single day for a week here. we dont think it will be anything like what we saw over the weekend. here in tornillo, hundreds of people showed up to not just express their solidarity with the children at the tent city here, but also their anger at the trump administration for slowing the reunification process in their eyes and also for really just enacting ...

Whos one of the few reporters actually allowed inside the detention and processing center. cal perry is in tornillo, texas in one of the tent cities housing the children. and julia ainsley has been following the story for us, as well. hallie, start with you. how is the president going to square signing this executive order if he does in fact do this and stop it from making it look like hes backed down, making it look like he is weak? >> so it is one thing with what the president says, katy, and ...

There are other cases, the advocates we were talking to said there are five cases that are very similar. one of those cases is a 6-year-old girl. theyre trying to reunite a 6-year-old girl who is still in the united states with her parents here in guatemala. so theres a lot of confusion just because of the way that the bureaucracy is set up not just in the united states but here in guatemala too and some of the language barriers. those cases are coming up more and more frequently. >> gadi schwar...

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Like in tornillo, texas. >> reporter: tents. >> tents up in el paso, for sure that would have all of the appearance of the cages. this facility here is an old hospital. you can imagine going into an old hospital. these are air-conditioned rooms and the structure of the building itself does not appear to change very much since it was -- ive been in this hospital visiting friends and family in the past. so i did not see any -- any difference in the way this building looked before than it was a hos...

Upgrade online now. whether it was the muslim travel ban or the failure in puerto rico or this on family separations, the problem is that this president and his administration, they use cruelty as a hobby, incompetence is their standard operating procedure, division is their tool, and we cannot leave it to chance. we need to verify these children are being reunited with their parents. welcome back to hour three of a special edition of "am joy" from tornillo, texas. this area a huge focus of ...