not give us the votes for border security which includes the wall." meantime, more than 700 children separated from their parents at the border still have not been reunited with their families after the court-ordered reunification deadline passed on friday. cnn's kaley hartung has more for us from mcallen, texas. >> reporter: as we've reported on the impact of president trump's zero tolerance policy, we've learned no two family stories are the same. but there have been some common threads among them. that of confusion and frustration. at times chaos and incredible challenges in communication. the story that best encapsulates where we are today, though, is that of a woman we'll call alejandra. about a month and a half ago she and her 6-year-old daughter crossed the u.s. border. they had fled their home country of honduras because of the gang violence there. when they crossed the border, they were detained and separated. 11 days ago alejandra was told that she would be reunited with her daughter later that day, given her paperwork for release. but that never happened.