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And i presently represent over 60 mothers and over 70 children. >> and you're representing them in terms of trying to reunite them? in terms of their overall immigration portfolio? >> both. i spent a considerable amount of time last week, rachel, down in laredo and other detention centers meeting with mothers. the most difficult days of my career, perhaps of my life. listening to mother after mother tell their stories of literally having their children ripped from their side in connection with this separation policy. this is a very serious matter. i've dealt with a lot of emotion and drama in ...

>> that's right. it seems like there's a major problem with sort of interagency communication in the government. this executive order that overturned the separation policy came down quite quickly. it was very short. it wasn't written in the traditional detailed way that you would expect an order to make such a decision to be written and it seems like dhhs and dhs seem to have some sort of communication problems. there could be even greater communication problems between these government agencies and the parents looking to be reconnected with their children. i spoke with a federal public defend...

>> we're not changing the policy. we're essentially out of resources. >> acknowledging apart from the moral question of taking kids from their parents that they didn't have a plan for dealing with the aftermath of the separation policy. they don't have the resources. but we can show you what may be a part of this aftermath. msnbc received these new images and video from a former employee in new york. this video was shot late least week on the phone of a woman that worked at the facility until she quit last friday. msnbc does not know the status or background of the children in these images. wh...

And i agreed to enter the fight on her behalf. and once that became known, a number of other families contacted my office as well as some not for profits. and i presently represent over 60 mothers and over 70 children. >> and you're representing them in terms of trying to reunite them? in terms of their overall immigration portfolio? >> both. i spent a considerable amount of time last week, rachel, down in laredo and other detention centers meeting with mothers. the most difficult days of my career, perhaps of my life. listening to mother after mother tell their stories of literally having the...

Play out in front of a reporter yesterday when you actually had somebody that worked on the border, good men and women working on the border, trying the keep our border safe, talking about how the policy was terrible for these children. and then somebody from the department of hhs actually debating them, oh, no, this is everything. and then the person who was responsible working says, nope, that's actually not the case. this would have never happened without donald trump separation policy. >> and those are people on the ground who have to exude this policy, and some of them kind of wondering w...