>>> JOINTINGING US NOW, JEH JOHN I WANT TO START WITH THE ARTICLE
"POCHED FAMILY REUNIFICATIONS
LEFT MIGRANT CHILDREN WAITING IN
VANS OVERNIGHT.
VANS OVERNIGHT. THIS IS A STUNNING STORY I HAD
TO READ TWICE TO BELIEVE IT.
>> THIS IS HEAR BREAKING, IS
GOES BACK TO LAST JULY.
37 CHILDREN WERE TOLD THEY WOULD
BE REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS
IN TEXAS HEAT AFTER THEY HAD
BEEN SEPARATED AND TRUMP
REVERSED THE POLICY AND THEY
WERE STARTING TO REUNITE WITH
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. SO THEY THINK THEY HAVE A 30
MINUTE DRIVE, THE PARKING LOT IS
FULL OF VANS, OTHER CHILDREN
LIKE THEM WAITING TO BE REUNITED
WITH PARENTS BUT I.C.E. DID NOT
STAFF THE FABLTCILITY.
THE CHILDREN HAD TO WAIT OVER A
DAY.
DAY. THEY WERE IN THE VANS, THEY WENT
INTO THE CENTER TO GET SUPPLIES,
BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT’S HOW LONG
THEY HAD TO WAIT AND THIS, WE
WERE ABLE TO GET MORE DETAILS ON
BECAUSE MY COLLEAGUE AND I HAD
E-MAILS PASSED BETWEEN HIGH
LOEFL FESHLS THAT-- LEVELS.
THIS WAS A BOTCHED PROCESS.
AND THAT IS WHERE WE WERE A YEAR
AGO.
AGO. TODAY THERE ARE STILL CHILDREN
CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A
BUREAUCRATIC ENTANGLEMENT.
BUREAUCRATIC ENTANGLEMENT. THAT IS MORE REPORTING THAT WE
HAVE THIS MORNING FROM JACOB AND
MYSELF ABOUT CHILDREN STILL IN
BORDER PATROL CUSTODY.
THEY DON’T HAVE BASIC BEDDING.
THEY’RE ON CONCRETE SLABS OR
OUTSIDE BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE
ENOUGH ROOM.
ENOUGH ROOM. THEY’RE AT 97% CAPACITY.
THESE ARE CHILDREN, AND THERE
IS, YES, A HUGE INFLUX, BUT PART
OF IT HAS TO DO WITH SIMPLE
GOVERNMENT PROCESSES AND NOT
BEING ABLE TO GET THE CAPACITY
AND THE MANPOWER TO GET THEIR
MOST BASIC NEEDS MET ON TIME.
>> THERE IS A WAY TO AVOID THIS
AND THAT IS TO NOT SEPARATE THE
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS TO
BEGIN WITH.
BEGIN WITH. >> THESE CHILDREN TODAY ARE
CHILDREN THAT CAME
UNACCOMPANIED.
UNACCOMPANIED. THE CHILDREN LAST SUMMER WERE
SEPARATED, BUT THEY ARE
CONSIDERED UNACCOMPANIED.
CONSIDERED UNACCOMPANIED. >> YOU HAVE SOME E MALL KOR SON
DENTS
DENTS -- E-MAIL CORRESPONDENTS, AND
HE SAYS THERE HAS TO BE A BET
BROTHER ACCESS.
BROTHER ACCESS. I HOPE THAT QUESTION HAVE
ADJUSTMENTS TO NOT PUT TENDER
AGE KIDS IN THIS POSITION.
AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT IT WAS
CHAOTIC.
CHAOTIC. >> THERE WAS CAR SEATS FOR SOME
OF THESE VANS, BRINGING YOUNG
CHILDREN TO A CENTER TO BE
REUNITED.
REUNITED. THEY WERE NOT CHILDREN MEANT TO
BE SEPARATED AND THE GOVERNMENT
WASN’T REALLY IN POSITION TO
TAKE CARE OF THEM.
TODAY WE’RE LEARNING THAT JUST
IN THE PAST MONTH THERE WAS A
1-YEAR-OLD THAT CAME WITH HIS
GRANDMOTHER, HE WAS NEAR DEATH,
105 DEGREE FEVER, AND HE WAS
CONSIDERED UNACCOMPANYIED BECAUS