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Families didn't actually receive the orders because they were mailed to the wrong place or there was a mixup in dates and times. what's your take on this? >> i think that's certainly true. i think what former commissioner vitello said a lot said it's probably to some degree true and there is a factor here that people don't pay attention to, which is when asylum seekers are represented by counsel they go to their hearings and one of the things that has been an issue really for a very long time is you don't have a reliable system for making counsel available to asylum seekers. we need to make su...

Instill fear in imgrant communities and there are a lot of things that have been happening to create that kind of fear. this new situation where people are having a $500,000 fines imposed on them for not departing the united states, warning about raids going on this week and this creates an atmosphere of fear, particularly in immigrant communities throughout the united states. >> i talked to ron vitello, former aking director of i.c.e. under president trump and here's what he said about the families that could be targeted tomorrow. >> many of the people who applied for asylum or wanted to go t...

These are reasonable policy debates to be having. put that aside. you cannot run an institution, these multibillion dollar, multinational security organizations with acting directors. it's bad for government, it's bad for morale, it's just bad for the american people if you are running a -- people need to know who is in charge. people need to know who they're reporting to. if they're gone in a matter of days, it's not good for the underlying policies of the agency. this is just bad for government. it's consistent. these are all folks that i worked with, these names, vitello, tom homan, and kev...

In. he onced a advocated for polic requiring employees to speak english. he's now the head of the department for legal immigration. we send the president extend an offer to thomas homan to be a board czar. another official who has been outspoken in supporting the president's policies. each of these decisions -- as well as mark morgan. he came in as the head of i.c.e. as well. ron vitello was ousted by mr. trump. mr. trump pulled his nomination, and at the time said we're looking for essentially someone that is tougher. then you see mark morgan come in who, of course, has said that he once look...