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>> our correspondent rosa flores is joining us now from mcallen, texas. rose, i understand you had a chance to speak with the girl's mother. what's she saying about the efforts to reconnect her with her daughter? >> reporter: you know, cindy madrid said they told her to be patient, that there was a process for her to be reunited with her daughter, but there were no details about that process. she made it to the border on may 25th. she said that pro publica audio was recorded on the day she arrived, because that's when she was separated from her daughter. ever since she's tried, asking official...

Children. plus as the federal government scrambles to react to the president's executive order, families are left to wonder how long the reunification process will take. prepare for your demise, mr. billingsley! do your worst, doctor.

It's the port isabel detention center. this center will the one that will be used to reunify families. it's unclear how that reunification process will work, but as you can see, i'm standing pretty far from the facility and that's just the gate. we're not allowed to get any closer, we're not even allowed to be on the road you see behind me to ask more questions or even to figure out if we could talk to some of these women that are in this facility. now, this is a massive facility. wolf, i can tell you that from aerial footage, there are multiple buildings. it's surrounded by barbed wire and ev...

Parents. the other 2,000 are between the ages of 6 and 12. and there is still no clear plan from the government on how to reunite these families. cnn nick valencia joins us from the portiza dell detention center in texas, and once the government figures that out, that might be the place families are reunited. >> reporter: that is right. and it could be a painstakingly slow process. two immigration attorneys that just left the facility, are told by i.c.e. officials inside it could be up to a month before that reunification process begins. i talked to an i.c.e. official to verify that and they s...

Deported and i.c.e. is saying it is up to the parent to decide if they want to -- especially those parents in the process of deportation, to be sent back with children or if the children stay behind in the care of a family member, perhaps. that certainly would place a parent in a very difficult position here, wolf. these parents having to do decide do they fight deportation prolonging the separation or repatriated with their child south of the border. >> thank you very much. let's get more on all of this. democratic senator ben cardin of maryland is joining us. a key member of the foreign re...