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Have the result of increasing illegal immigration. if the president cuts back on aid to central america, there will likely be more violence and unrest in those countries which will probably lead to more migrant caravans and more people fleeing and as a result, more people at our southern border. so the president and this entire administration, if they have any serious desire to solve this problem, must start looking at it in a realistic way and starting with one that is a humanitarian crisis and two, that the united states must help address the problems in central america, which is the root of the influx of migrants that we have. raoul reyes, thanks for joining us, it s been nice speaking with you. coming up, the legal year in review. from the russia probe to the me too movement, we ll take a look at the cases that shaped 2018. ....
House democrats are vowing to hold hearings on the deaths of two migrant children who died in border patrol custody within weeks of each other this month. meanwhile homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen is making an apparent attempt to tamp down on this controversy with a series of visits to border cities. she was in el paso, texas yesterday and will travel to yuma, arizona today. joining me now, an msnbc contributor and attorney. raoul, is there a sense of whether secretary nielsen and president trump are actually opening the administration for even more legal challenges? absolutely. the problem with this administration, when it comes to the border situation, is twofold. number one is that the president and his administration have continually presented the situation on our southern border as one that has to do with illegal immigration. that s not the problem. the problem is we have so many ....
I m betting this will sink him. thank you so much for coming in. thank you. let me bring in raoul reyes. i want to start with you because you heard congressman king who said, look, two children died. considering all the thousands of people that the border patrol had in its custody, it s only two. what do you say? i mean that s coming from a congressman that is an astonishing response because we re talking about the lives of two children who had no say whether or not they were even going to be brought to this country. even the death of one child is far too many. it points up how willing this administration and their supporters is to politicize these very dangerous conditions and this humanitarian crisis at the border. ....
Nitty-gritty issues you have to get into. take this el salvadorian embassy was here yesterday. the conversation they hadded in one of documentation. the u.s. government won t accept certain stamps from the el salvadorian government. it you re a parent trying to prove this i your child and have a birth certificate from el salvador, the u.s. doesn t use that. how does this ruling change that? there are simple logistical things on the ground i think people point to and say we need to move that first. cal perry, thank you for your continued reporting and raoul reyes, always good to have you here. we ll keep watching what s going on on the floor for the immigration bill. the vote is about to start. plus, the supreme court dealing a major blow to unions. latest in the a string of victories for conservatives, a decision that will have a direct impact on millions of americans is next. then there s the hosts of late-night joining forces, taking on president trump s ....
Re-entering for those with felony convictions, multiple misdemeanor convictions or two or more prior deportations. when somebody comes in, we send them out. they come back in, they go to prison for quite a while. they come back. they come back again, they go five years. all right. joining me now to discuss cnn legal analyst danny savalas and attorney and immigration analyst, raoul reyes. as president, if elected, is that something a president could do? it could be. he could have to have that as legislation passed by congress. that s how we get these mandatory minimums. as a criminal defense attorney, i m obviously a little bit biassed. i would say that mandatory minimums have not had that successful a run, certainly in the drug context. as it is, the average offender, ....