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America has a representation in the world. we talk a lot about the laws. of course there has to be administrative process for sending them back and they need to be sent back. but the program, i think the president is good as far as it goes, but it doesn t go far enough. it doesn t deal with the root cause, and that is how much violence there is in these three countries. honduras, guatemala and el salvador are three of the five highest homicide countries in the world. but you look at let me push back. you look at mexico, which has had tremendous drug violence. right. innocents being caught in the crossfire. mexican kids don t get this special treatment. they don t get the special treatment, but we have done a better job with the mexican flow. in fact, i think we almost went to sleep on this question of the borders over the last two years because the numbers coming from mexico went down so much. economic conditions have changed that have been helpful. but on the question of col ....
Of is facts, what to do about all these kids. tonight as we lay out the new white house plan for dealing with it, we re going to focus on the politics. but we want to focus on helping you see past the problem itself. today the administration asked congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funding to beef up the border, crack down on immigrant smugglers and counter what officials call a campaign of misinformation by those smugglers who have been promising that central american kids who come here can stay. michelle kosinski joins us. the white house made a ask for more funding and power for the homeland secretary to try to deal with the crisis. this money is as well as republicans are calling a band-aid. it is reactive. but there is some proactive piece to that as well, working with central america. but also really just the crisis as it stands is trying to get these kids through the legal process because of this law that ....
It s called the william wilberforce trafficking protection law. it requires they receive an opportunity before an immigration judge to determine their future status. it could be anywhere from a year to a little more than a year before the kids actually end up going to immigration court and seeing judge. they can have several hearings throughout their entire immigration court process. so it really just depends on the child and their remedies and if they have representation. reporter: it was intended to prevent child sex trafficking. but the recent flood of migrants has produced unintended consequence. go back! reporter: the obama administration says the law is limiting its ability to deal with the crisis and is asking congress for changes to help expedite the deportation process. the hearings will determine if the children will qualify for humanitarian relief and be allowed to stay. but according to white house officials, most will not. so they will be deported. ....
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. it s called the william wilber force trafficking victims protection reauthorization act. the law prohibits a quick deportation for children from nonbordering countries, and requires they receive an opportunity before an immigration judge to determine their future status. could be anywhere from a year before the kids end up going to immigration court. they could have several hearings throughout their entire immigration court process. so really just depends on the child and their remedies and, you know, what s if they have representation. reporter: it was intended to prevent child sex trafficking, but the recent flood of migrants has produced unintended consequences. the obama administration says the law is limit ....
The obama administration inherited from the prior administration saying that these kids who come from countries other than mexico, from noncontiguous countries need to go through this asylum process if they ask for it. that means they need legal representation. they have to go through a judge. well, that system right now is so backed up that it s taking some of them years. so this money would speed up the process. the other part of it is trying to deal with that law. the obama administration wants greater flexibility for the department of homeland security to speed it up and use discretion where necessary because the law doesn t allow for that right now. and there is concern that this backlog is only going to grow and not diminish, anderson. let s break down the 7. excuse me, $3.7 billion. almost half of it, $1.8 billion is to care for the kids. another large chunk, $1.5 billion is for things like detention facilities, transportation costs. ....