>>> DONALD TRUMP SAYING HE EXPECTS "HAPPY PEOPLE" AFTER HE
BACKED DOWN FROM HIS POLICY,
SPLITTING CHILDREN FROM THEIR
PARENTS.
PARENTS. FOR THE MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN
SEPARATED, THE DAMAGE GOES ON.
NBC NEWS SPEAKING TO A FORMER --
TO A MICHIGAN FOSTER MOTHER
CARRYING FOR FIVE MIGRANT
CHILDREN SPLIT FROM THEIR
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> ONE OF MY CHILDREN WAS
SEPARATED FROM HIS FATHER AND
JUST SOME SIGNS OF TRAUMA ARE
LACK OF SLEEP, REAL TROUBLE WITH
FOOD.
FOOD. WANTING TO EAT, NO APPETITE.
AGITATED.
AGITATED. NOT CALM, ANXIOUS.
ALWAYS INQUIREING ABOUT THE
WHEREABOUTS OF HIS FATHER.
WHEN WILL HE CONNECT WITH
FAMILY.
FAMILY. WHEN KOULTDCOULD HE TALK TO THEM
WE WERE NOT ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF
THAT BAUDS WEECAUSE WE DIDN’T HA
PHONE NUMBER.
PHONE NUMBER. >> SOME OF THESE CHILDREN WERE
TAKEN THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM
THEIR PARENTS EVEN UNDER THE
COVER OF NIGHT.
ROBERTER JOSH ROBIN WAS TIPPED
OFF CHILDREN WERE BEING BROUGHT
TO A FOSTER AGENCY AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MIDNIGHT. NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR LATER
CONFIRMING THAT THE YOUNG PEOPLE
IN THIS VIDEO ARE BORDER
MIGRANTS.
MIGRANTS. JOSH IS HERE TO EXPLAIN HIS
REPORTING.
REPORTING. AS TRUMP TAKES THIS VICTORY
HAPPEN, LAP, WHAT ABOUT THESE
KIDS AND THEIR PARENTS.
THEY MUST NOT BE IN THE GROUP OF
PEOPLE DONALD TRUMP SAYS ARE
HAPPY TODAY.
HAPPY TODAY. HERE IS WHY A FORMER I.C.E.
DIRECTOR SAYS THESE KIND OF
SITUATIONS ARE AVOIDABLE AND
FAMILIES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
SPLIT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
>> KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER AT
ALMOST ALL COST BECAUSE ONCE YOU
SEPARATE THEM, YOU RUN A SERIOUS
RISK OF THEY NEVER SEE EACH
OTHER AGAIN.
OTHER AGAIN. THEY ARE TREATED AS
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS.
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. THEY GO ON A A SEPARATE TRACK
THAN THE PARENTS.
THE PARENTS CAN BE DEPORTED
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. NOW YOU HAVE THE PARENT BACK IN
HONDURAS OR GUATEMALA AND THE
CHILD COULD BE IN THE UNITED
STATES THOUSANDS OF MILES FROM
THE BORDER.
THE BORDER. IT GETS VERY HARD FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO TRACK THE
LOCATION OF BOTH PEOPLE.
>> THE REPORTER WHO EXPOSED
THERE STORY IS JOSH ROBIN.
HE SAW THE YOUNG GIRLS BEING
TAKEN TO THE FOSTER SERVICES
CENTER.
CENTER. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IT GOING VIRAL
ONLINE.
ONLINE. JOSH, HOW DID YOU FIND THIS?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> WE GOT A TIP.
I GOT A TIP FROM A SOURCE AND
ANOTHER SOURCE CONFIRMING IT
TELLING ME TO SHOW UP AT A
FACILITY THAT’S ON PARK AVENUE
BUT NOT THE FANCY PARK AVENUE.
PARK AVENUE IN EAST HARLEM.
IT’S DARK AND DOESN’T LOOK LIKE
THERE’S ANYONE AROUND.
WE’RE WAITING AROUND AND AFTER
MIDNIGHT, SHORTLY BEFORE 1:00, A
CAR PULLS UP AND A BUNCH OF
YOUNG GIRLS COME OUT AND IT WAS
EXTREMELY MYSTERIOUS.
EXTREMELY MYSTERIOUS. I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IS
NOT THAT JUST THAT PEOPLE
RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING
BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY THE
FIRST TIME THAT WE, AS NATION,
HAVE UNDERSTOOD THIS ISN’T JUST
A PROBLEM THAT IS ON THE
SOUTHERN BORDER.
SOUTHERN BORDER. THIS IS IN OTHER PLACES.
>> COULD YOU GLEAN FROM BEING
THERE HOW THE TREATMENT WAS, HOW
THE YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG GIRLS
WERE DOING?
WERE DOING? DID THEY SEEM CONFUSED, UPSET?
HAD THEY FIGURED HOW GO ALONG
WITH IT?
WITH IT? >> THEY SEEMED RESIGNED.
IT WAS PRETTY ASTOUNDSINGASTOUND
THEY WERE 7, 8, 9 YEARS OLD.
TTHS
TTHS IT’S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
THEY WERE OUT.
THAT WERE WITH SOME CHAP ROANERO
THEY WERE PUT INTO A CAR
AFTERWARDS.
AFTERWARDS. THEY WENT INSIDE TO THIS
FACILITY FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND
EMERGED COVERED SO AS TO CONCEAL
THEIR IDENTITY.
THEIR IDENTITY. >> WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME OF
THAT.
THAT. ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THAT
MEASURE MAY BE TAKEN AS THEY ARE
LOADED INTO THIS CAR BUT IT’S
ALSO CHILDREN IN NEW YORK UNDER
A BLACK BLANKET,AGES WE SHOWED H
DIDN’T KNOW THEIR FACES.
E
E WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR NEW
YORKERS TO SHOW THIS IS
HAPPENING HERE.
HAPPENING HERE. IN THE WAKE OF THIS, MAJOR BILL
De BLASIO WELDHELD A NEWS
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. THIS CENTER HAS 239 KIDS THEY
ARE PROCESSING WHO HAVE BEEN
SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS.
THIS NUMBER 2,000 ACROSS THE
NATION MIGHT BE REALLY LOW.
THE ESTIMATES HERE IN THE CITY
OR THE STATE ARE 100 TO 300.
IF THERE’S 239 ALONE IN CENTER
THEN MAKES SENSE THERE’S MORE.
WE’RE NOT GETTING INFORMATION
FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> WHAT YOU’RE REPORTING THERE
GOES TO, ERICA, IS TWO THINGS.
ONE, APART FROM THE MORAL POLICY
DEMENTION OF THIS IF POLICY IS
LOCAL AND PEOPLE THINKS OF THIS
AS ONLY AT THE BORDER, THIS
SHOWS HOW WRONG THAT IS.
IF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING
EFFECTIVELY ORPHANED BY THESE
TRUMP ORDERS THAT HAS YEARS OF
CONSEQUENCE NOT ONLY FOR THEM
BUT EVERY PART OF AMERICA THAT
HAS TO DEAL WITH IT.
READING FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTING HOW THE YOUNG PEOPLE
MAY APPEAR IN THE MOMENTS ON
CAMERA, IF TIMES SHOW IT WARP
THESE ATTACHMENTS OF CHILDREN
THAT THEY LONG FOR, THAT THEY
NEED AND LIFELONG RISK FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. THE EARLIER THEY’RE OUT, THE
BETTER.
BETTER. PUT THAT IN A CONFECTION FOR US
AS TONIGHT’S NEWS IS NUMBER ONE,
TRUMP PARTLY BACKING DOWN ON
DOING THIS.
DOING THIS. NUMBER TWO, THOUSANDS OF THESE
KIDS IN THE SITUATION.
THAT CONTINUES.
THAT CONTINUES. >> THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IT’S
GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE AMERICA
HAS WOKEN UP AND SAID NO.
YOU’RE GETTING CHILDREN RIPPED
AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS.
THE FACT IS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY
DEALT WITH FAMILY DETENTION
CENTERS THAT WE HAVE DEALT WITH
SHELTERS AND PLACES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT DO HOUSE CHILDREN.
THAT DO HOUSE ENTIRE FAMILIES IN
DETENTION.
DETENTION. EVEN UNDER THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION THERE WAS
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. THERE WASN’T MUCH ATTENTION ON
IT AND NOW THERE IS.
MY BIGGEST HOPE IS WE CAN MAKE
SURE OUT OUT RAGE AND THE PEOPLE
GETTING READY TO MARCH THE 30th
AND THE 2nd OF JULY THAT THEY
STILL SHOW UP.
PERHAPS THERE WAS NO CHANGE THAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE PRESSURE
BUT WE CAN STAY THIS IS NOT WHAT
WE’RE ABOUT.
WE’RE ABOUT. THAT WE GO TO OUR LOCAL
OFFICIALS WHERE THERE IS
DETENTION CENTERS AND PLACES
THAT HAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
AND MIGRANTS THAT ARE DETAINED
THERE AND FOR PROFIT.
COMPLETELY FOR PROFIT.
THIS IS THE MOMENT TO CONTINUE
TO BE LOUD ABOUT IT AND NOT LET
WHAT TRUMP JUST DID MAKE US
THINK THAT THIS HAS GONE AWAY.
IT HASN’T.
IT HASN’T. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO
WANT TO BRING UP, LATINO REBELS
PUBLISHED AN OPEN LETTER FROM A
COUNSELOR FROM THE OFFICE OF
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT.
REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. THE PERSON WISHED TO REMAIN
ANONYMOUS BUT PROVIDED
INTERESTED INFORMATION.
INTERESTED INFORMATION. NOW THE ORRs ARE KNOWN HAS
PROVIDE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO
DHS ABOUT UPONSPONSORS WHO WANT
TAKE THESE KIDS.
IT COULD BE PARENT RKTS, A SIBLI
THERE’S A FEAR THAT THESE
SPONSORS, SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE
UNDOCUMENTED AND BY GIVING THEM
PERSONAL INFORMATION TO DHS AND
I.C.E. THEY ARE AT RISK OF BEING
DEPORTED.
DEPORTED. WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IS NOT
NECESSARILY IMMIGRATION AS A
HUMANITARIAN PUSH.
HUMANITARIAN PUSH. WHAT YOU’RE SEEING IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS PURE
ENFORCEMENT AND IT’S HAPPENING
NOT JUST IN DHS OR I.C.E. BUT
HAPPENING IN PLACES LIKE THE ORR
WHICH IS KNOWN TO BRING IN KIDS
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM BUT NOW
YOU’RE SEEING THAT THOSE ARE THE
THINGS THAT AREN’T BEING TALKED
ABOUT.
ABOUT. THAT’S A BIG THING.
HOW ARE WE TRACKING THE REST OF
THESE FAMILIES.
THESE FAMILIES. WEFR HEARD
WEFR HEARD WE’VE HEARD OF PARENTS OF KIDS
IN CENTRAL AMERICA WHO CAN’T
FIND THEIR KIDS.
THIS IS 2018.
THIS IS THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF
THE UNITED STATES POLICY THAT’S
BEEN GOING ON FOR DECADES OF
TERRORIZING AND CRIMINALIZING AN
ENTIRE POPULATION OF CENTRAL
AMERICAN AND MEXICAN PEOPLE.
>> YOU’RE RAISING THE PROFOUND
MORAL QUESTION IF WE TALK ABOUT
MORAL LEADERSHIP WHEN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
COMES OUT TODAY AND SAYS THIS IS
A TERRIBLE THING THAT NEEDS TO
STOP.
STOP. THEN WHAT IS THE MORAL
OBLIGATION OF HIM AND THEN OF US
TO DEAL WITH THIS TERRIBLE THING
THAT’S BEEN DONE TO THESE