in mexico just north of the border with guatemala, the news of families being torn apart at the u.s. border is spreading fear. 24-year-old margery flores left honduras the day after gang members threatened to kill her and her children. staying in mexico, she says, isn t far enough to escape the gang s reach. but the idea of being separated from her three children, whose faces she does not want shown to protect them, has put her plans on hold. even here, she s heard the recording of the haunting sounds of children sobbing. she s crying because she said she had to leave her mother and her brothers. she feels alone. she feels alone with her three kids. ana hernandez is staying in the same shelter with her 8-year-old daughter. she s talked to her about the possibility they may get separated. so she finds this all so confusing, what order has been signed, what the policy is, but
that doesn t seem to respect the rule of law and an attorney general that doesn t seem to understand the rule of law and a secretary of homeland security who wants to separate children and just today i m sorry, just yesterday, files a memorandum once again seeking to end daca, the protection for dreamers. so, we ve got a pattern and practice here, ana, of this administration, this nativist administration, anti-immigrant, going after children, going after dreamers. you know, it s very i hear your criticism. i hear your criticism, but i think it s also fair to point out that the president did sign this executive order. i know you say that it has a lot of flaws in it, but the result of the executive order at this point is to bring families back together, to prevent families from being separated, and in fact, the border patrol says at least 500 children have been reunified with their families. i mean, isn t that a start?
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