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Immigrant children. california is being joined by 18 states and the district of columbia sandy trump administration is violating the two decades old floor settlement which does not allow the detention of minors beyond 20 days. it also requires detained children to have basic necessities such as food, water, medical assistance and supervision when out with her parents. something he said he trump administration has not been doing. >> the actions by this administration are just morally reprehensible, as i said they are illegal. children will become subhuman simply because they are migrants. all c...

Treated in an undignified manner in a country that has set and created the asylum loss for the rest of the world, and this is beneath us. unless we make sure he is held accountable and the people carrying out his orders are held accountable, this is only the beginning. we have to make sure we hold strong and make sure the children know we are fighting for them. >> and you get the word out there through social media and other ways, and i'm grateful for what you've been delivering to us. but getting that firsthand report from actually inside the facility from one of the lawyers is, i think, the ...

Report from actually inside the facility from one of the lawyers is, i think, the most important sourcing we have, because we're at the point now where lawyers are just about the only people who get in there. >> and they're lucky when they do, actually, lawrence, because, for example, these lawyers were allowed or able to get into this facility thanks to the floor settlement, this law that's been discussed now that we know the administration is bent on getting rid of. it's simply thanks to that law that they have the ability to go in and inspect these dhs facilities where children are kept. it...

Congress, the ex-perlite s -- experts living this every day, from i.c.e. to border patrol. they need to pass meaningful legislation, they need to pass a floor settlement. they do that, fund some bed space.ow this crisis ends tomorrow. they know what they need to do. we've been telling them. we refuse to do what they need to do. >> now, mark, you're learning even more about what yours and other agencies are doing for the migrants. now, hhs had been offering english language courses, legal services, bilingual services. various forms of entertainment for those who were apprehended, especially the...

Sometime season. i'm wondering if you think that could change after the president signs this executive order? >> it could. all eyes right now are on what the president does. he did signal to pool reporters earlier today that he plans to sign this executive order that would look at going around that floor settlement, which says that children cannot be detained for more than 20 days even if they are with their families. so they do go around that and try to change that policy. what would happen is, they would be put -- the children would be put with their families into these detention centers. ki...