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And i asked the case workers there, how do you know how to find the family members? and they said some of these kids come in so young, one 9-months old that went into that center, some literally can't say their parents' name and the only way they can find the parents in some cases is they have a note in their pocket with their parents' name and phone number. but they said some kids don't have that note, some kids lost that note, some kids are too young, don't even know their parents' name. and there's no idea of when they're going to be reunited. and this is just unbelievably painful for these...

And a sink on either side. but, fred, this does look different and the people here said that they are focused every single day on reunification. i felt like it was pretty simplified the way it was presented to us. they made it seem like it was no big deal, tracking down these parents and finding them like, yeah, we do it every day. >> how do they do that? are there photographs? >> they wouldn't tell us. exactly. i can tell you, they do have case workers. >> most of them were actively on the phone. you have to remember most of these kids who were in this facility were not separated at the borde...

About 25 days in this particular facility. that is less than the average hhs center. that's about 57 days. there are -- of those 1200 kids, according to their director, just under 70 are actually kids who have been separated from their parents because of the zero tolerance policy under the trump administration. now, we had no way to vet those numbers, john, but that's what we were told. they have a really regimented schedule. they wake up at 6:00 a.m. they have six hours of school. they do counseling, individual and group, six days a week. they can do more if they want. and they meet with thei...

>> our goal with every immigrant child who comes here is to reunite them with family in america. we are parents until they are reunited with someone in the family. >> reporter: in recent days, some advocates for immigrant children and some political leaders have said it's going to be extremely difficult to reunite separated children with their families. some have said the kids will never be reunited. officials say they have a 99 pr% success rate in reuniting immigrant children with a family member in the united states. >> brian, in talking to the staff members there, i understand you have lear...

Reunification process starts with them or later but their kids are gone. >> when you say their kids are go, let's talk about the reunification process. so president trump says he wants to end zero tolerance. we have over 2,000 kids separated from their parents. what is the procedure that happens now to reunite them? >> so now they go through -- if they're in our custody -- >> what's oor? >> office of refugee and resettlement. and they're the ones that take care of the kids. and they have case workers and those case workers try to reunify them with an existing family member that's in the united...