the united states illegally now after we saw images of children in cages we heard audio of children crying to be reunited with their parents from faced immense public pressure and he walked that back he had a reversal on this policy but immigration lawyers who i ve spoken to are worried that the government is still using these separations as a weapon against asylum seekers and you can hear more about that in this report. they were taken away from their families out the border. now some lawyers say the u.s. government is preying on their parents desperation to see them again. and many of them have been kidnapped raped tortured but again they said over and over that that paled in comparison to the pain and desperation that they felt being separated from their children as a result many of them were really considering signing voluntary departure and really starting the deportation process so that they could get out of detention as soon as possible and they had been told by that if they si
the united states illegally now after we saw images of children in cages we heard audio of children crying to be reunited with their parents from faced immense public pressure and he walked that back he had a reversal on this policy but immigration lawyers who i ve spoken to are worried that the government is still using these separations as a weapon against asylum seekers and you can hear more about that in this report. they were taken away from their families at the border. now some lawyers say the u.s. government is preying on their parents desperation to see them again. and many of them have been kidnapped raped tortured but again they said over and over that that paled in comparison to the pain and desperation that they felt being separated from their children as a result many of them were really considering signing voluntary departure as and really starting the deportation process so that they could get out of detention as soon as possible and they had been told by that if they
u.s. government is preying on their parents desperation to see them again. and many of them had been kidnapped raped tortured but again they said over and over that paled in comparison to the pain and desperation that they felt being separated from their children as a result many of them were really considering signing voluntary departure and really starting the deportation process so that they could get out of detention as soon as possible and they had been told by agents that if they signed a voluntary departure that ice would be unite them with their children as quickly as possible for us we heard that consistently and over over and over again to the point that we really feel that the administration is holding these children hostage to dissuade people from pursuing compelling and strong asylum cases. after nationwide outrage over family separations u.s. president donald trump vowed to public pressure and announced an end to the policy but his reversal does nothing for the children
parents of the minors that they say they are with. once they do that and establish this is a legitimate family, the next step is to notify i.c.e. and for that process, they come and collect them and take them over to their world. and that s where the real deportation process goes. could be two directions. one is the family can ask and request asylum and begin that process. more than likely, the deportation process and eventually sent back to the country from where they began. you said likely by the end of the day those who have been separated to be reunited. where will they go once they are reunited? reporter: that is the part we don t know. there are a lot of holes. when i asked where will they go? they couldn t say. we learned they could be reunited just a short time ago.
go through a deportation process. individual will be prosecuted for breaking the law. reporter: the heart breaking policy was a deterrent for others to cross illegally. have you seen a decline in the numbers? our numbers have remained steady but we haven t been doing it long enough. reporter: from the pictures of horrifying children to their recorded cries in detention. when you saw those pictures, heard that audio, what were you thinking? the picture of the children crying? it is something that we have seen in the past. in 32 years, i have seen a lot of those situations up and down the border. so it is something. it is something that goes at your heart. reporter: rank-and-file agents tell me they worry they will be blamed.