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>> yeah. a lot of the democrats that want to abolish i.c.e. are noting that i.c.e. didn't exist more than 20 years ago. this is an agency created after 9/11 as part of the department of homeland security. their main objective is to make sure that the border is secure. also, go on various investigations to make sure that people who are in the country illegally are removed. for the past couple of year, under president barack obama, the focus was on criminal illegal aliens, people who had not only entered the u.s. illegally, but committed additional crimes, specifically, violent felons. they were...

Indeed be the case. so, what can become complicated here is if they waive their asylum claim, it is also possible they are deported, the parent is. the child is moving through deportation proceedings, as well, but they may be deported later. i talked to a former i.c.e. official who said that it is quite possible that they could be separated at different times, and those different times can be a difference of years. in that case, we could even be going toward permanent separation, in which a parent is back in their origin country and having a difficult time locating their child, who has continu...

Years, run into i.c.e., and those people are deported. that's the reason you're seeing democrats call for the eliminate of i.c.e. they have expanded their mandate, not only going after criminals who have committed crimes after being in the country, but also people who are part of communities, grandmothers, young people who haven't necessarily committed crimes beyond the immigration crime, of being in the country illegally. that's part of the reason you're seeing democrats who really want to crack down on i.c.e. not even for those who don't want to eliminate i.c.e., across the democratic party,...

Piece. they want to see the laws themselves overhauled, rather thanasi a reorganization or retooling for the agency responsible for enforcing the laws. that said, over the last few months, quite quickly, we have seen a dramatic upswing in the number of democrats, particul particularly grassroots activists, who are making this a key issue. most notably, cortez, who defeated joe crowley's in new york's 14th congressional district this past week. a key part of her campaign was arguing i.c.e. needed to be abolished. that galvanized the primary voters, who took her to a shocking upset victory. it i...

Mariana is near grand park. we're seeing the crowds beginning to amass in los angeles. tell us what to expect as that rally gets underway today. >> reporter: thousands of people already concentrated here in front of city hall, david. they're going to march for about a mile in front of an i.c.e. facility. you can just see the crowds behind me. people getting really creative with their signs. you can see a play off of the melania jacket she wore to her visit here. signs calling to abolish i.c.e. there was a kerfuffle here with trump supporters. robert, tell us what transpired. >> well, there was...