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So what happens now to the 2,342 children who we know have been scattered around the country in secret detention centers after being separated from their parents? some of them might never see their parents again according to our next guest. joining us now is john sandwig. john, 2,342 is the number as of june 9th. it's been going up by dozens a day, so it's a few hundred or maybe several hundred more, close to 3,000 by now. with your expertise, what happens to them? >> well, the children are obviously taken away from their parents. so they're going to be placed in foster care facilities or with...

Week as children are being separated from parents? >> no. children have been separated from their parents for years. >> no, no. this is a new policy. this is a new zero tolerance policy. >> it is a new policy for some people but children have been separated from their parents under previous administrations and in this administration prior but now with the zero tolerance policy, if you are apprehended across the border you're going to be placed in prosecution and the department of justice doesn't have the facilities to take care of the children therefore they are being placed elsewhere -- >> 2,...

Being sent to at least three tender-age shelters in south texas. that's what they're called according to the a.p., lawyers and medical providers who have visited the rio grande shelters described playrooms of crying preschool-age children in crisis. the report unconfirmed by msnbc says the government also plans to open a fourth shelter to house hundreds of young migrant children in houston. according to numbers from u.s. customs and border protection, 2,235 families have been apprehended at the border between may 5, when the zero tolerance policy put out by the attorney general and the trump a...

Among more than 4,500 family members were 2,342 children, who were then designated as unaccompanied. yesterday, the former head of the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement told nbc's andrea mitchell that some migrant family separations will end up being permanent. how are these families supposed to get back together? >> don't forget just two weeks ago they lost track of 1500 kids inside the united states, now you have to keep track of the kids and the parents. i can tell you from experience it's more difficult than it sounds. if they don't reunite these kids with their parents right away, ...

Other young children are being sent to at least three tender age shelters in south texas. that's what they're calling them. according to the ap, lawyers and medical providers who have visited the rio grand valley shelters described playrooms of crying preschool age children in crisis. the report says the government also plans to open a shelter to house hundreds of young migrant children in houston. according to nurls from u.s. customs and border protection, 2,235 families have been apprehended at the border between may 5th when zero tolerance policy was in place and june 9th. among more than 4...