so in 2014 when we saw the rise of families come across the border, the obama administration started this place in artesia in mexico to hold families. they were the first to have these family residential centers. in 2015 that flores settlement agreement, the judge said it applies even to children with their parents. and you are violating it. and you did see the numbers of families go up. the thing here, though, is the way they are trying to get around it. they are saying that because the judge says that you cannot hold a child in a facility that isn t state licensed and no state has ever licensed these facilities, we ll have i.c.e. license them. it s sort of like waving a magic wand without actually going to court and getting something changed without having congress work on this. so they know they re going to have a challenge on it. can they implement this policy before the court battle is finished? no. officials told us this last night. they say there is no way this is goin
about this new rule that will allow the administration potentially to detain migrant families with children indefinitely. right now a court ruling limits the detentions of migrant children to 20 days, whether they are with their family or not. the trump administration has been trying to find a way around that, it goes back to the 90s. well, today s announcement is likely to hit a number of legal speed bumps because president trump believes it s all part of his effort to deter illegal immigrants from coming into the country. here is julia ainsley, of course our person who is all things immigration for us at msnbc news. i guess the shorter way to say it is he wants to be able to detain families together and deport them together. the bottom line is they do not get to spend any time out of a detention facility, when the it s in this country or mexico. this is the selling point,