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We know that all of these children will be united with their parents. that would be very good news if you have information that we don't. how do you know that and what should we know? >> so last week i met here in the capital with secretary nielsen, department of hem land security and she assured me as soon as the parents were back in her custody -- because remember they were going from department of justice back to department of homeland security then the reunification process could begin and i was happy to learn that indeed some children's parents had been releases ased to the department of ...

Reunification process for divid divided immigrant families. >> i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. >> reporter: the federal government said over 3 # 00 children have been reunited but that leaves more than 2000 others still in limbo scattered around the country. >> there is no plan in place. there is a lot of confusion. there is a lot of contradiction. >> reporter: under the trump administration's plan, those children will keep waiting in health and human services custody with unifications only happening once the parents deportation proceedings are complete. the...

>> we've filed a national class action in san diego. we filed papers this morning. the government's papers are due tomorrow morning. the judge has moved up the schedule. we are hopeful there will be an order soon. we are asking that every child be reunified within 30 days. children under 5 be reunified within five days. judge basically said we don't have a plan, we'll just use what we've been using in the past. which doesn't work. anyone who follows the reunification process will tell you that will not get the kids back. >> when you say no plan, let me be clear. the idea that these kids are ac...

Look at their reunification process, so these children can be united with their parents extremely rapidly. >> you've given a model that we can look at that being the way they can be reunited, perhaps to shelters like yours. i imagine you don't have the capacity to deal with it all, but it is a model that can be used. we appreciate the work you do. >> thank you for the invitation. >> annunciation house has three locations in texas. a mideast peace plan is coming soon. how can they broker peace when talks appear to be one sided. we'll break down what we know next. "velshi & ruhle" live on msnb...

Takes. i spoke to a couple that was fostering a child about six months or so ago. that child was in their custody or they were fostering that child for six months. the father was sent home after three and a half weeks, was deported after three and a half weeks. the daughter, six months later was sent home. so the reunification process even in instants like that took a very long time and considering the fact that she had a lawyer and she had an organization on her side that was advocating for her. a lot of these kids don't even have that. >> all right. thank you. >> all right. jared kushner is ...