separated from their children two weeks. most don t know where their kids are? none of them know. i don t know where their kids are. they have tried calling the numbers provided by the government, but that hasn t worked. three of her clients have spoken to her children. it s not a system you punch in a parent s name and pop up a child s name. it doesn t exist. highly frustrating for them. very frustrating. each time i see them, you know, they ask, any news? do you have any news? there have been a number of emotional reunions between separated families, there are many families struggling to connect over the phone. the department of homeland security says there is not a publicly accessible data base to check the shelters. dhs says the adult detention centers have phones where the parnlts can call their children. the immigrant on the phone says
emotional reunions between separated families, there are many families struggling to have access over the phone. dhs says the adult detention centers a centers have phone where is the families can call the children. the honduras immigrant on the phone tells me she s in the wing of of a detention center with others who are trying to keck with their children. she said president trump, for one second put yourself if our place, the only thing we want is for them to give us our children back. reporter: chris, government officials say one of the reason this database of children s name isn t accessible for their own security. concerns about trafficking and abuse and that sort of thing. the fact of the matter is, there are hundreds if thousands of parents in detention centers
and lawyers with the caravan say that could happen during her plea for asylum. one of the tactics that we ve seen from the trump administration is the separation of children from their parents whereby they place children in foster care situations under the office of refugee settlement and they place the parents in adult detention centers. a situation made even more tense by the president s regular tweets targeting the caravan, most recently saying i ve instructed the director of t homeland security not to allow these people into our country. it is a disgrace. catherine tells us that she has spoke within other members from the caravan that have broken off that are already safely in the united states. she says she is still not sure whether she s going to go at it alone or try to cross with the caravan on sunday. and the president says no to
track the shelters where undocumented children are being kept. dhs says the adult detention centers have phones where the parents can call their children. the honduran immigrant on the phone tells me she s in a wing of the detention center with 70 other mothers who are also trying to communicate with their children. i ask her what message she would like the world to hear. [ speaking foreign language ] she says, president trump, for one second, put yourself in our place. the only thing we want is for them to give us our children back. government officials say the reason the childrens database isn t widely accessible is because of security concerns but the fact of the matter is there are hundreds of undocumented immigrants who have been detained for weeks who still haven t been able to find out where their children are, much less talk to them. i spoke with one central american man who has been detained nearly three weeks. he told me his greatest concern is worrying about the anxiety, unc