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Interconnect wed are. this is a problem that needs to be worked at both ends. it nides to be worked in the united states. it also needs to be worked in the region. i appreciate it. dan restrepo as well. set your dvr. you can watch 360 whenever you want. we re going to talk about this issue a lot. we re talking about kids who are going to be here for more than a year while they re going through this process, tens of thousands of them. coming up next, a couple who have made helping some of these kids their life s work. hundreds of times over they have helped hundreds of kids so far. also tonight, puzzling details in the hot car death of cooper harris. a tragic story. authorities are looking at all sorts of red flags. the question is do the red flags really paint a picture of wrongdoing by his parents? we ll give you the details ahead. ....
Kids home quicker because in reality, even though they have to go through this lengthy process, the vast majority of them will be sent home anyway. you look at it, seems like a huge waste of time and money, but it does protect some kids and that was the cause of it in the first place. michelle, appreciate it. whether or not you think administration has the right answer to the problem with the money, it s hard to imagine they did the best job of explaining things. here is josh earnest yesterday. these children will go through the immigration court process and if they are found to not have a legal basis for remaining in this country, they will be returned. i mean, it is fair to say that it s unlikely that most of the kids who go through this process will not qualify, it s unlikely that host of the kids who go through this process will qualify for human for yin ....
Returned. i mean, it is fair to say that it s unlikely that most of the kids who go through this process will not qualify it s unlikely that most of the kids that go through this process will qualify for humanitarian relief, which is to say that most of them will not have a legal basis, will not be found through that court process to have a legal basis to remain in this country. you heard the word process there a lot, legal basis. no real specifics, as if there are none. in fact there are plenty of specifics, and ed lavandera has them. reporter: 52,000. that s how many unaccompanied children the department of homeland security says have crossed into the united states since october. many are caught by border patrol and placed here at detention facilities where they are held, screened, and cataloged, but then what? a 2008 law passed with bipartisan support and signed by then president bush in the final days of his presidency is complicating the issue. ....
Challenge of making sure you re not sending kids back who do have legal ability to stay in the united states, whether they have an asylum claim, whether they are entitled to be here. and quite frankly, thing is some politics here. the administration is facing some complicated democratic politics as well of treating kids from latin american countries in what would be viewed as pretty harsh terms if you don t provide them some process. so i think you have a policy reason for this differentiation and a political reason for why the administration is asking for more discretion, but not asking for a repeal of the law. that s interesting. david, do you agree with that, there is a political dimension to not asking for repeal? tom coburn is saying look, you could probably get a repeal in two week. i think the president is walking two fine lines. one is domestic politics. he wants to be tough about the borders. but he also wants to be compassionate, especially towards the latino community an ....
In the law. so it s not exactly the law they want to change at the core. and that would be a process through congress as well. what they want to do is ask congress for morley way and say can t dhs, department of homeland security use their discretion more to send these kids home quicker? because in reality, even though they have to go through this lengthy process, the vast majority of them are just going to be sent home anyways. so you look at it, it seems like a huge waste of time and money. but it does protect some kids. and that was the cause of it in the first place. all right, michelle kosinski, i appreciate it. whether or not you think the administration has the right answer to the problem, it s hard to imagine they have done the best job of explaining things. here is white house spokesman josh earnest yesterday when asked specifically what will happen to all these kids. these children who have been apprehended will go through the immigration court process. and if they are fo ....