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Apprehended, they have to be detained in a facility that is licensed, which basically means, in so many words, that the staff at that facility, the people that are running that facility, that they have training and they have guidelines that deal with the safety and the well being and the psychological well being and the health of the children being held in that facility. and what the call to me from the justice department indicated today is that when they go into court, and they told me it could be as soon as tomorrow, that one of the things they would like to have reversed or vacated from the...

Settlement for the children coming into the united states. he talks about a catch and release policy that doesn't even exist. i think in his executive order today he states that this flores case puts the administration in the position -- this is a quote from his order -- in a position of separating alien families to effectively enforce the law. this is completely false. it's completely untrue. neither congress nor the flores settlement agreement have ever required the separation of children from their parents. and this agreement has been in effect for 21 years. several administrations. no admi...

In so many words, that the staff at that facility, the people that are running that facility, that they have training and they have guidelines that deal with the safety and the well being and the psychological well being and the health of the children being held in that facility. and what the call to me from the justice department indicated today is that when they go into court, and they told me it could be as soon as tomorrow, that one of the things they would like to have reversed or vacated from the flores agreement is that requirement that children be held in licensed facilities. that coul...

Nancy pelosi said, the president trump's executive order seeks to replace one form of child abuse with another. instead of protecting traumatized children, the president has directed the attorney general to pave the way for the long term incarceration amilies. and we just learned that the justice department called peter schey to try to get a modification in the flores case, which dates back to attorney general janet reno when the case was first brought. >> today wasn't the end of this fight. it wasn't even the beginning of the end. it was the end of the beginning. there are a number of fronts ...

To stay with us. >> yes. >> and chris hayes and john bolton -- jacob soboroff in texas covering the story. and sunday night jacob soboroff will be doing an hour on the border on date line sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nbc. we'll hear more from peter schey about his legal authority to enter and examine any facility holding children in these cases anywhere in the country. and we'll hear more from what he expects in litigation with the justice department possibly as early as tomorrow. we'll be right back. today...