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To one day be released. to one day be reunited with family and try to find a better life. layla santiago, cnn, tornillo, texas. straight ahead, the latest on the russia investigation. sources tell cnn president trump's attorneys are preparing written answers to questions from special counsel robert mueller. but is this a sign that the investigation is coming to a close? chloe. ♪ she's so cute. ♪ the most loved iphone meets the most loved in wireless. right now, save $300 on iphone xs at t-mobile. the a...is stolen.es... we confess. we stole everything we could. from everything we've ever...

And i think that's what gets lost in all this discussion. >> reporter: in the meantime, children continue to wait, to one day be released, to one day be reunited with family and try to find a better life. laila santiago, cnn, tornillo, texas. an american pastor should be back in the u.s. later today. more on the pastor, andrew brunson, freed from turkey friday. only half the story?

Claim asylum, what she was told when she left her home. she got here, was held for two and a half months in miami and she's been in tornillo about a month. she doesn't know when that day will come. she's trying to navigate a complex system. speaking to her, what's at the heart of this, you can have a clean facility, air conditioned, teach school, but these are children in an abnormal situation and it will affect them. the longer they stay here, child welfare advocates say these children need to be in their homes. as you pointed out this policy where we require longer background checks, even of...

Over the course of the year. as the trump administration systematically reduced the number of children being released to live with relatives or sponsors. officials say the champ now has around 3,800 beds and that there are currently 1,500 kids age 13 to 17 being held there. they say children who pass through the facility are kept in the system at tornillo or elsewhere for an average of 59 days, up from the 30 days kmn for unaccompanied children under the obama administration. joining me now from outside the detention camp in tornillo is justice reporter julia ainsley who toured the camp today....

It was initially designed to house around 450 children. it's been dramatically expanded over the course of the year. as the trump administration systematically reduced the number of children being released to live with relatives or sponsors. officials say the champ now has around 3,800 beds and that there are currently 1,500 kids age 13 to 17 being held there. they say children who pass through the facility are kept in the system at tornillo or elsewhere for an average of 59 days, up from the 30 days kmn for unaccompanied children under the obama administration. joining me now from outside the...