unaccompanied. yesterday the former head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement told nbc's andrea mitchell that some migrant family separations will end up being permanent. >> how are these families supposed to get back together? >> don't forget that just two weeks ago, they revealed they lost track of 15 00 kids. now you have to keep track of kids and the parents, i can tell you from experience it's more difficult than it sounds. you end up with parents on one track, the child ends up on another track. in they don't reunite these kids with their parents right away, the kids will be stuck here in the united states for years and the parents will be down in honduras or guatemala with no idea where their child is and no way to reunite. >> the politics of this on capitol hill. i don't think anybody reporting on this -- i don't know what's going on at fox. but it's hard, i can't even, i couldn't even read the script, i was beginning to cry. i'm note sure how anybody can