WE’L .
. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FAMILY
GOLF CLUBS HAVE EMPLOYED MORE
UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS THAN
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
PREVIOUSLY REPORTED. THE "NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTS
THAT THE TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF
CLUB IN PINE HILL, NEW JERSEY
BECAME THE THIRD TRUMP PROPERTY
TO FIRE UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS.
PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER
SAID ABOUT FIVE WORKERS WERE
FIRED OR WERE TOLD NOT TO REPORT
TO WORK AGAIN.
THE WORKERS WERE FIRED AFTER THE
"TIMES" REVEALED IN DECEMBER
THAT THE TRUMP GOLF CLUB IN
BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY HAD
EMPLOYED IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE
WORKING ILLEGALLY IN THE U.S.
FOR YEARS.
FOR YEARS. AFTER THE REPORT, THE TRUMP
ORGANIZATION FIRED ABOUT 24
UNDOCUMENTED EMPLOYEES AT ITS
NEW JERSEY AND BRIAR CLIFF
MANOR, NEW YORK CLUBS.
MEANWHILE CONGRESSMAN GRIJALVA
IS CALLING FOR AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION.
HE DRAFTED A LETTER ASKING FBI
DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY TO
INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE VIOLATIONS
OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW BY
TRUMP’S GOLF CLUBS.
THE UNDOCUMENTED WORKER WHO
WORKED FOR TRUMP HAS BEEN
INVITED TO THE STATE OF THE
UNION BY CONGRESSWOMAN BONNIE
WATSON COLEMAN.
WATSON COLEMAN. THERE’S NEW DEVELOPMENTS WHETHER
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CAN
FIND AND REUNITE THOUSANDS OF
MIGRANT CHILDREN IT SEPARATED
FROM THEIR FAMILIES AT THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. JACOB JOINS US NOW WITH DETAILS
ON THAT.
ON THAT. ARE THEY GIVING UP?
>> Reporter: THIS IS ACTUALLY A
PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY
PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY.
LAST MONTH WE LEARNED FROM AN
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
REPORT AT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT
ON TOP OF THE 2700 SEPARATED
KIDS WE KNOW ABOUT THE NUMBER WE
KNOW ABOUT, THOUSANDS MORE COULD
HAVE BEEN SEPARATED BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BEFORE ZERO
TOLERANCE WENT INTO PLACE.
ON.
ON. FRIDAY NIGHT IN A COURT FILING
WHEN MANY OF US, I WOULD ASSUME,
WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FILED A
RESPONSE TO THIS SAYING, AND I
WANT TO BE SPECIFIC HERE, THAT
THEY DON’T THINK REUNITING ALL
OF THOSE KIDS IS NECESSARILY
QUOTE WITHIN THE REALM OF THE
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THEY SAY RESOURCES AND TIME AND
EFFORT IT WOULD TAKE TO DO THIS
WOULD REQUIRE GOING THROUGH
40,000 RECORDS AND ULTIMATELY
WOULDN’T BE IN THE HANDS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICE BUT IN THE HANDS OF
DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY.
I WENT TO DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY ANTICIPATE ASKED THEM
IF THEY HAVE ANY THE INTENTION
OF REUNITING THESE KIDS THAT
WERE DISCOVERED IN THIS REPORT
AND RADIO SILENCE.
NO RESPONSE.
NO RESPONSE. I CONTINUED TO TRY AGAIN THIS
MORNING TO ASK AND I STILL
HAVEN’T HEARD BACK.
THE ACLU, HOWEVER, DID ISSUE A
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. THEY ARE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT
THE CASE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID.
THIS RESPONSE IS A SHOCK CONSEG
THAT THE GOVERNMENT CAN’T EASILY
FIND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN IT
RIPPED FROM PARENTS AND DOESN’T
EVEN THINK IT IS WORTH THE TIME
TO LOCATE EACH OF THEM.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE STATE OF
THE UNION COMING UP TOMORROW
THIS IS LIKELY YOU WON’T HEAR
THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT.
YOU’LL HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT
SENDING THOUSANDS OF MORE TROOPS
DOWN THE BORDER FOR A CRISIS WE
KNOW DOE NOT EXIST.
>> SO TROOPS TO THE BORDER, JOE.
BUT TOTALLY GIVING UP ON THESE
FAMILIES THAT WERE CRUSHED,
RIPPED APART, AND THE NUMBERS WE
DON’T EVEN KNOW, AND NO
COMMISSION.
COMMISSION. NOTHING.
NOTHING. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
RIGHT THIS WRONG.
IT’S BEYOND COM PRRCH
REHENSIBLE.
REHENSIBLE. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE
DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN AND RELEVANT
COMMITTEES, WHAT DO THEY NEED TO
DO TO MAKE REPORTERS JOBS EASIER
AND MAKING THIS PROCESS MORE
TRANSPARENT?
TRANSPARENT? >> TRANSPARENCY IS THE KEY.
WE’VE BEEN SPENDING TIME WITH
CHAIRMAN CUMMINGS ON A PROJECT
THAT WE’RE WORKING ON.
HE TOLD US THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT HE -- IT’S A TOP
PRIORITY FOR HIM.
HE WANTS TO GET ANSWERS ON.
TRANSPARENCY HAS BEEN THE ISSUE.
FIRST WHERE ARE THE GIRLS AND
WHERE ARE THE TENDER AGE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. NOW HOW MANY, VERY SPECIFICALLY,
KIDS WERE SEPARATED PRIOR TO
ZERO TOLERANCE AND WHY CAN’T YOU
GIVE YOU THAT EXACT NUMBER AND
NOW IT SEEMS FROM THIS RESPONSE
FROM HHS, WHY AREN’T YOU WILLING
TO SPEND THE RESOURCES TO FIGURE
OUT WHO THOSE ADDITIONAL
THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN ARE.
WILL DHS PLAY ANY ROLE IN
REUNIFICATION OF THEM OR ARE
THEY JUST SAYING WE’RE GIVING
UP.
UP. IF THAT’S THE CASE WHY?
WHO KNEW ABOUT WHAT, WHEN AND
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO UNDO THIS?
THAT’S ALL THINGS CHAIRMAN
CUMMING HAS TOLD US HE’S TRYING
TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF.
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> INCREDIBLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> THANK YOU.
>> I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW
SOME OF THE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS,
WHO STOOD UP FOR THIS, WHO SPOKE
FOR THIS, ESPECIALLY AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
CAN GET UP AND GO TO WORK EVERY
DAY AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR
KNOWING THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED
AND NO EFFORT BEING MADE TO FIX
IT.
IT. NOT ONE.
NOT ONE. >> HOW MANY SUPPORTERS OF DONALD
TRUMP WHO CLAIM TO HAVE CERTAIN
VALUES SYSTEMS, HOW THEY HAVE
ALLOWED CHILDREN TO BE RIPPED
FROM THEIR MOTHER’S ARMS, BE
LOCKED AWAY, AND HAVE THIS PART
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S
POLICY ACTIVELY SEPARATING
CHILDREN FROM THEIR MOTHERS.
IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T LINE UP
WITH THE CONTENT OF THOSE VALUE
SYSTEMS THAT THESE TRUMP
SUPPORTERS CLAIM TO HAVE.
OR AT LEAST CLAIM TO HAVE BEFORE
THEY BEGAN THROWING THEIR LOT
BEHIND DONALD TRUMP.
>> UP NEXT, AFTER REFUSING TO
RESIGN AMID THE CONTROVERSY OVER
THAT RACIST YEARBOOK PHOTO "THE
WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS THAT
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM