>>> WELCOME BACK. PRESIDENT TRUMP’S IMMIGRATION
POLICIES ARE GOING TO END UP
COSTING YOU BIG BUCKS.
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS, THE PENTAGON TOLD
CONGRESS IT COSTS $72 MILLION
FOR THE NEARLY 6,000 ACTIVE DUTY
TROOPS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANT TO
BORDER AGENTS.
BORDER AGENTS. ADD THAT TO THE $138 MILLION IT
WILL COST FOR THE 2,100 NATIONAL
GUARD TROOPS ON A SEPARATE
MISSION AT THE BORDER SINCE
APRIL AND YOU HAVE $210 MILLION
TO KEEP TROOPS ON THE SOUTHWEST
BORDER.
BORDER. THAT MONEY COULD PAY FOR A YEAR
OF COLLEGE TUITION, HOUSING AND
MEALS FOR 10,000 VETERANS IF
THEY WENT TO A STATE SCHOOL.
ACCORDING TO "NEW YORK TIMES,"
THE FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY
COST $80 MILLION AND WILL GROW
WITH MORE THAN 140 CHILDREN WHO
ARE STILL IN CUSTODY.
JOINING ME NOW IS CAITLYN
DICKERSON FOR "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" AND WROTE THE ARTICLE ON
THE COST OF FAMILY SEPARATIONS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE FAMILY SEPARATION
POLICY’S NO LONGER IN EFFECT BUT
KIDS HAVE BEEN SEPARATED.
HOW LONG DO WE KNOW HOW LONG THE
KIDS STAY IN DETENTION AND
CONTINUE TO PAY FOR THIS?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SO ABOUT 2,600 KIDS WERE
SEPARATED OVER ALL AND A SMALL
NUMBER IN DETENTION AND ABOUT
145 OR SO AND WE’RE STILL PAYING
TO HOUSE THEM SO THE REPORT THAT
I GOT A HOLD OF CAME FROM A
DEMOCRAT FROM CONNECTICUT,
MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES. SHE PRESSURED HHS TO EXPLAIN TO
HER HOW MUCH MONEY IT HAD SPENT
ON HOUSING AND TRANSPORTING
THESE KIDS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO
BE REUNIFIED WITH THE PARENTS
AND IT’S $80 MILLION TO THE
LEGAL FEES, HEALTH CARE, DNA
TESTING TO PROVE THEIR PARENTS
WERE WHO THEY SAID THEY WERE
BECAUSE THEY WERE SEPARATED AND
POOR RECORDS.
POOR RECORDS. >> WOULDN’T HAVE NEEDED IF THEY
WEREN’T SEPARATED FROM THE
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> THIS 140 OR SO KIDS COSTING
MONEY EVERY SINGLE DAY NOT TO
MENTION, YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS,
OF COURSE, DAMAGING TO THEM, AS
WELL.
WELL. >> I THINK TAXPAYERS ARE NEVER
CLEAR ABOUT WHERE MONEY COMES
FROM.
FROM. CLEARLY THERE WASN’T MONEYER ARK
PhD A BUDGET FOR THIS POLICY
POPPING UP.
POPPING UP. WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
>> SO THE $80 MILLION WE TALKED
ABOUT CAME OUT OF THE HHS BUDGET
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES
THAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
DEMANDED THE DATA PULLED AWAY
FROM OTHER PROGRAMS UNDER HHS
LIKE HIV AND AIDS RESEDGE ANDARC
WHY YOU SEE PEOPLE TAKING ISSUE
AND OTHER THING ABOUT MONEY IS
WE HAVEN’T TALKED ABOUT THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT IN FEDERAL
COURT ON LEGAL FEES THAT HAVE
BEEN REQUIRED TO DEFEND THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S IMMIGRATION POLICIES.
IMMIGRATION POLICIES. THEY HAVE BEEN TIED UP SINCE DAY
ONE.
ONE. >> COURT CHALLENGES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. >> AND THEN WE HAVE ASYLUM
SEEKERS.
SEEKERS. THAT’S A BACKLOGGED PROCESS.
NOT ENTIRELY BROKEN PROCESS.
DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE YOU
BELIEVE EVERYONE THAT SEEKS
ASYLUM GETS IT.
THE PERCENTAGE IS QUITE LOW.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. >> THERE ARE GOING TO BE
HEARINGS AND BACKLOGS NOW.
THAT’S ALSO A COST.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. IT’S A COST.
THE BACKLOG IN IMMIGRATION COURT
JUST SURPASSED 1 MILLION CASES.
>> 1 MILLION CASES.
>> 1 MILLION CASES AND IT IS
REALLY, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I’M
COVERING IMMIGRATION FOR YEARS
AND I REMEMBER HIT 750,000 AND
WE THOUGHT HOW ARE THEY EVER
GOING TO GET THROUGH THE NUMBER
OF CASES AND NOW OVER A MILLION
AND HARD TO SEE HOW THE PROCESS
IS FIXED.
IS FIXED. THERE AREN’T ENOUGH JUDGES AND
THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT IS
VERY DISORGANIZED.
VERY DISORGANIZED. A NEW ADMINISTRATION COMES IN
AND CHANGES THE ORDER IN WHICH
CASES ARE HEARD, CHANGE THE
VENUE IN WHICH CASES ARE HEARD
AND I’VE SEEN BEFORE AND OVER