district, there was a four-year-old, a five-year-old, a six-year-old, a seven-year-old all the way up to 17 years of age. >> and where did these young -- where did the four-year-old and five-year-old come from? the border? >> yeah, they were separated from their parents at the border. they were originally from guatemala or honduras or el salvador. >> do you know how they got up to new york from the border? >> there have been facilities in place for unaccompanied minors for several years now and these are professionals, not for profit that runs the facility i'm at is run by the sisters of mercy and has been there for over 100 years so they're professional people. >> i'm asking if -- like this four-year-old, was the four-year-old put on the bus at the border and driven to new york? how did they get up there? >> i asked the question, they were brought up by plane, often accompanied by someone from one of the federal agencies. these agencies are run by health and human services office of refugee resettlement. it's a very tragic issue, we're
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