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On his turf and playing to an image that he likes for his base? >> number one, i don't think we have any choice. he has a huge bullhorn, and so he's going to make this an issue. so i believe that we have to offer a compelling strong alternative. now, i've said that we can maintain border security, but what i'm betting is that there are enough people out there that know that we can do this a better way, and if he's going to proceed with a dark heart of cruelty then i want to proceed with a heart of compassion and common sense, and i'll tell you, about a year ago i was at the ursula processing c...

Going to make this an issue. so i believe that we have to offer a compelling strong alternative. now, i've said that we can maintain border security, but what i'm betting is that there are enough people out there that know that we can do this a better way, and if he's going to proceed with a dark heart of cruelty then i want to proceed with a heart of compassion and common sense, and i'll tell you, about a year ago i was at the ursula processing center down in mcallen, texas on the border. i was there to join activists protesting the family separation policy, and as sad as the situation was wi...

Members of congress and we went to the ursula processing center which is the epicenter of where these kids are being separated from their parents. that's still happening. >> jacob, are family separations still happening? >> according to the judge in the ca case, he didn't present definitive statistics but he said he expects separations to continue to continue. he said for valid reasons but he says there needs to be a process to undo these separations. he made clear he expected separations to continue into the future and it was a messess right now of historic proportions that needed to have a s...

Gabe gutierrez in mcallen texas. we saw a group of lawmakers. they just toured one of the facilities there housing some of the migrant children. what more did they say besides that heart wrenching testimony? >> reporter: hi there, gigi. good afternoon. more than 20 democratic lawmakers were here given this tour and has been difficult to get images from inside these facilities, journalists were just recently allowed without cameras to go inside and see this ursula processing center, the largest microprocessing center in the country. we should be clear. the democratic lawmakers went to saying th...

Some scattered across states, perhaps even countries. we're covering this with gabe gutierrez because not only have you been at some of the desen detention facilities but you've seen protests. >> hi there. we're here at the ursula processing center, largest such facility in the country and behind me this is border patrol and within the last hour you see new barricades have been put up to stop what happened. about an hour or so ago when protesters had gotten surrounded a bus that was carrying migrant families, luckily local authorities were able to stop that without any arrests that we could se...