CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TO STOP THE
SEPARATION OF CHILDREN FROM
THEIR PARENTS. NEARLY 600
PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. WE ARE
JOINED BY JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ, AN
ATTORNEY WITH THE HUMAN RIGHTS
CLINIC.
ANOTHER PROTEST HELD OUTSIDE
LOCALLY AT POMPANO BEACH, WE
KNOW THERE ARE STILL 2000 KIDS
WHO ARE SEPARATED FROM THEIR
PARENTS AT THE TIME THE PARENTS
CROSSED OVER ILLEGALLY.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN REUNITED YET.
EXACTLY, YOU HAVE THE
FEDERAL JUDGES ORDER THING
CHILDREN WHO ARE 5 NEED TO BE
RETURNED WITHIN 14 DAYS.
ALL OF THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE
BACK WITH THEIR PARENTS WITHIN
30 DAYS.
THE PROBLEM WE FACE IS, THE
TRUTH IS THE GOVERNMENT IS
RESISTING.
WHY DID THEY NOT KEEP BETTER
TRACK OF PARENT AND CHILD IN
THE SAME WAY, WE ARE CONCERNED
THERE ARE PARENTS PROCESSED
THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM, SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN
PROCESSED THROUGH THE
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, THERE'S ONE
AGENCY, THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT WITHIN ONE
DEPARTMENT, THE BORDER PATROL
AND OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL AND
OTHER PARTS OF DHS AND THE
IMMIGRATION COURT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU HAVE THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITHIN
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
WE HAVE QUITE A MESS.
IS 30 DAYS A REASONABLE
AMOUNT OF TIME TO REUNITE WITH
CHILDREN UNDER 5, TWO WEEKS, IS
THAT POSSIBLE OR REASONABLE?
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
RETURN THESE CHILDREN
IMMEDIATELY TO THEIR PARENTS.
IF THEY ACTED RESPONSIBLY,
NEVER CREATED THIS CRISIS, THEY
SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE KEPT
TRACK OF PARENT AND CHILD AND
REUNITE IMMEDIATELY.
THE SAME WAY THEY SEPARATED
THEM QUICKLY, THEY SHOULD BE
ABLE TO REUNITE THEM.
THE TRUTH IS, THERE'S RESISTANCE
TO THE RULE OF LAW ON THE PART
OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
THERE'S ALSO RESISTANCE TO
HAVING HUMANE LAWS PROCESSING
ASYLUM SEEKERS IN WAYS THE U.S.
IS HISTORICALLY KNOWN FOR.
WHAT ABOUT THE RULE OF LAW
THAT DICTATES HOW PEOPLE MAY
TRY TO COME INTO THE COUNTRY
LEGALLY?
FIRST, THIS ADMINISTRATION
PROPOSES LEGISLATION AND MADE IT
SO DIFFICULT TO LEGALLY BE
PROCESSED INTO THE U.S. THE
SECOND PART, WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
FLEEING EXTREME VIOLENCE.
THEY HAVE A DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE LED BY EXTREME ANTI-
IMMIGRATION ACTIVIST, ATTORNEY
GENERAL SESSIONS WHO IS
CREATING CASE LAW THAT MAKES IT
EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO
APPLY FOR ASYLUM FROM ALL OF
THESE COUNTRIES.
HE SAYS HE'S NOT ANTI-
IMMIGRATION, HE'S ANTI-ILLEGAL.
NO, IF YOU GO BACK TO HIS
HISTORY IN THE U.S. SENATE, IN
2007, THERE WAS BIPARTISAN
LEGISLATION, 2013 BIPARTISAN
LEGISLATION PROPOSED, HE WAS
PART OF THE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS
WHO WOULD NOT COME TO TERMS
WITH THE POSSIBILITY BOTH SIDES
WERE NOT HAPPY.
COMPROMISE LEADS PEOPLE INTO
DIFFICULT SITUATIONS WHERE YOU
DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
HE WAS NOT WILLING TO
COMPROMISE.
NOW, THEY REFER TO THE PEOPLE
WHO DISAGREE WITH HIM AS
OBSTRUCTIONIST.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY THE BIGGEST CONCERN
WE HAVE ARE THE CHILDREN,
ACCESS TO COUNSEL, THE SECOND
PART IS ACCESS TO A FAIR
PROCESS.
IF YOU HAVE A 5 EUROS, ,10,
WHAT ABILITY DO THESE CHILDREN
HAVE TO HELP AN ATTORNEY
REPRESENT THEM?
HOW ARE THESE CHILDREN SUPPOSED
TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE LEGAL
SYSTEM? THERE'S NO FAIR PROCESS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITUATIONS
AT THE BRIDGES, IT'S SIMILAR TO
CONFLUENCE ACROSS THE WORLD
WHERE WE TURN PEOPLE AWAY.
YOU SHUT OFF THE DOOR TO LEGAL
IMMIGRATION, YOU CREATE ONE
MORE PRESSURE SPIKED.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS TO
THINK ABOUT WHAT IT'S DOING AND
ACT LIKE A REAL PRESIDENCY.
GIVEN WE ARE SO CLOSE TO THE
MIDTERM, CAN WE LOOK TO
CONGRESS FOR A SOLUTION?
SPEAKING OF COMPROMISE.
NO, OBVIOUSLY LEGISLATION
FAILED WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
THEY CANNOT COME TO TERMS TO
ANY KIND OF IMMIGRATION
LEGISLATION.
THE QUESTION IS, YOU HAVE
EXTREMES, EXTREME RIGHT AND
EXTREME LEFT.
THE PROBLEM IS, THE MODERATE,
LOVELY PRACTICAL PEOPLE ARE NOT
LISTENED TO.
JUAN CARLOS GOMEZ IS AN