>>> WE HAVE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON ISSUES.
ISSUES. YOU SEE, LAST YEAR IN THE
PRIMARY, HE EXPRESSED HIS
PASSION.
PASSION. HE SAID I AM A STRONG, LIBERAL
DEMOCRAT, AUGUST ’87.
AND THEN HE SAID I AM A CARD
CARRYING MEMBER OF THE ACLU.
THAT IS WHAT HE SAID.
HE IS OUT THERE ON OUT OF THE
MAINSTREAM.
MAINSTREAM. >> WELCOME BACK.
THAT WAS THEN REPUBLICAN AND
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE GEORGE H.W.
BUSH.
BUSH. CRITICIZING DUKAKIS.
CRITICIZING DUKAKIS. I REMEMBER IT, WELL, TODAY OUR
CURRENT REPUBLICAN
CURRENT REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION ASKING THE ACLU
TO DO THE GOVERNMENT’S JOB FOR
THEM.
THEM. IN A COURT FILING YESTERDAY, THE
U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ARGUED
THAT THE ACLU IS TO USE ITS
QUOTE CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES AND
NETWORK OF LAW FIRMS, NGOs
VOLUNTEERS TO HELP REUNIFY THE
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. THE GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BE
TAKING THE REMARKABLE POSITION.
WELL LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE
JUDGE IN THIS CASE OVERSEEING
THE CASE REJECTED THE PROPOSAL
SAYING IT WAS 100% OF THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. MORE THAN 570 ARE STILL IN
GOVERNMENT CUSTODY.
GOVERNMENT CUSTODY. WELL I AM JOINED NOW BY JACOB
SOBBO
SOBBO SOBBOROF.
SOBBOROF. A LOT OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES DO
RESPECT THE ORGANIZATION.
IT HELPS OUT PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T
TOO POPULAR.
TOO POPULAR. AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS NEW
RELIANCE OF THE TRUMP CROWD.
>> IT IS A BIZARRO WORLD.
AND TO WATCH THAT CLIP, THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO
PUT THE ACLU AT THE CENTER
BECAUSE THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO
PLAN TO PUT THESE KIDS BACK WITH
THEIR PARENTS.
THEIR PARENTS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT SEPARATED
2,550 KIDS FROM THEIR PARENTS
DOWN AT THE BORDER.
I WAS ON WITH YOU FROM DOWN
THERE.
THERE. I SAW THE KIDS IN THE CAGES.
AND YOU KNOW, I WILL NEVER SEE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT AGAIN AND I
DON’T THINK MANY OF US IN OUR
LIFETIME WILL SEE ANYTHING LIKE
THAT AGAIN.
THAT AGAIN. WE SEPARATED THEM, BUT WE DON’T
KNOW HOW TO PUT THEM BACK
TOGETHER SO THE ORGANIZATION
THAT ARE SUING US, WE WILL
SUGGEST WHY DON’T YOU GUYS DO
THAT AND WE WILL BE THE SUPPORT
CAN PLAYER AND THE JUDGE SAID
NO.
NO. >> WE HAVE NO LINE ON THOSE WHO
WERE SENT BACK TO THOSE
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
HOW WOULD THE ACLU BE ABLE TO
FIND THOSE PEOPLE DOWN THERE
BETTER THAN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING DOWN THERE IN
THOSE COUNTRIES AND THEY WOULD
BE BETTER EQUIPPED THAN THE ACLU
BASED HERE TO FIND THOSE
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> THOSE ARE THE VAST MAJORITY
OF THE KIDS THAT ARE NOT
REUNITED.
REUNITED. 570 THAT ARE NOT REUNITED.
410 OF THEM THEIR PARENTS --
THIS IS THE JUDGE SUGGESTING
THIS.
THIS. HOW ABOUT SOMEBODY FROM THE
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
MAYBE YOU TEAM UP, BOTH OF YOU
TO COME UP WITH A PLAN.
IT IS NOT LIKE, IT IS
COMPLICATED, IT IS A NO-BRAINER.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE
CONSUL
CONSUL CONSULATE.
CONSULATE. FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET MY CHILD
WHO IS IN THE CUSTODY OF THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT BACK TO ME HERE.
IT IS A NO-BRAINER.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT SHIRKED ITS
RESPONSIBILITY AND THE JUDGE
JUST RIPPED RIGHT INTO THEM AND
SAID THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
>> IN THE OLD DAYS THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
WOULD FIND SOME BUSINESS LEADER,
SOMEONE WHO KNEW HOW TO GET
THINGS DONE AND FIND ONE, AND
SAY YOU ARE GOOD AT THIS, DO
SOMETHING FOR YOUR COUNTRY FOR
THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND
GET THIS JOB DONE.
WHY DON’T TRUMP FIND ONE OF HIS
SMART BUSINESS TYPES AND GET
THIS JOB DONE.
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
YOUR COUNTRY. >> WHY DIDN’T THEY PUT SOMEBODY
LIKE THIS IN THE BEGINNING.
THEY NEVER THOUGHT THIS TRUE.
THEY STILL HAVEN’T THOUGHT THIS
TRUE.
TRUE. ON THE FIRST PART OF THE
REUNIFICATIONS, THEY HAD THIS
COMMANDER WHO WAS NORMALLY IN
CHARGE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND
REUNIFY THESE KIDS.