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Blacked out windows at least in the custody of people who are professionally supposed to care for kids. they're not even getting there yet. >> right. we're talking about a border station, the very first place on boarder. i've toured these places before they became these places keeping hundreds of children. they they sort of have little offices in the back, small rely cel, some of the migrants call them iceboxes they have a word for that in spanish they use because they're ept can so cold. a lot of people are wearing very little clothing because they've meuc hot journey. the law says that peopl...

You have 11,000 unaccompanied kids in the administration. 55%, more than half of the kids being held at border stations have been there for more than three days and nearly half of them are under 12. plain w explain whooip wy there's a ba here. >> there are special criteria under usa law for children who are alone alone crossing the bo. they need to have privacy when they sleep, medion attention, and mr. them are under 12 years old which dhs would call a tender age child. they treat them differently. there's this backup at border stations and why that three days matters is because no immigrant,...

From people crossing the border, deterrence from people seeking asylum. >> well look, i understand that you think this is overly punitive and cruel from jeff sessions and from president trump. however, in terms of having to take care of undocumented and unaccompanied minors showing up, you know the story, we reported on it last week, there's something like 1500 minors that the office of refugee resett resettlement has lost track of. so it sounds like the u.s. is just ill equipped or overall incapable of keeping track of some of these kids and so maybe we do need to change the policy because if...

They're from the caravan. the central americans, this group here, these are mexicans that were in line and now been pushed to the back of the line by these individuals. nevertheless, we talked to a couple from el salvador and they're hoping they're next. >> we felt bad because they didn't let them through. here we are. i believe and have faith in god that we will get across to the other side. >> so i talked to vice president mike pence about this situation. he acknowledges that they have a legal right to a hearing in the united states is when you have a credible fear claim. he's already very c...

That border station for asylum seekers. when the space opens up, we will process those that are seeking asylum under the laws of this country. but the laws have to change. >> so the vice president saying one of the laws is catch and release, which requires the u.s. to release the people -- the women and children in about three weeks. he would like to end that practice. secondly people have to claim asylum in mexico. if they don't do that, they could be rejected at the border. those are two changes he would like to see. back to you. >> julie: thanks, william. >> jon: for more, let's bring in re...