fly in the face of family unification. i didn t see that specific case. they shouldn t have been separated in the first place. there should ve been a process where they came in, file for asylum. laura: should they get obamacare in the first month? there is no proof by the fact they are getting obamacare. laura: should they? i m asking. if were going to be compassionate, obamacare, recreational facilities, should they get those? the guy believe whatever benefits we get individuals that we have should be afforded to them which are already doing. laura: i just want to know. how much you re willing to spend? 37 years old, in 2014, he killed two california police officers. he laughed when he s being sentenced. he looked into the cameras and laughed. he knew what he was doing. i remember that case. he said he wanted to kill more. the idea that it s an anomaly. those quick cases, it happens all the time that in the u.s.
i don t want to see moms separated. that does play on the other side. and i see bad guys. let the families stay together. we were talking about the same thoughts. those are families. that s a woman s child. those are the same laura: what about the children in nigeria who want to be here and they have to do with the legal way? we could play that game all day long. it s not a game because they are not here. laura: they broke the law. people in nigeria are waiting to tom here and waiting in line. asylum is a legal process. laura: none of it is fraud? there may be some fraud involved. but right now, those individuals are entering the lawful way so they require due process. you don t take a child away and then say let me see if you can have the family. laura: do you think they should be deported together back to their home country or do you think children should stay behind questioning the argument made by the aclu that some children should have their cases litigated separ
an executive order to end that. but it s still unclear whether the practice has really ended. and also whether these families have actually been reunited. that s absolutely heartbreaking. i want to make sure you said an 8-month-old? an 8-month-old little boy. unbelievable. victoria, let me get your thoughts on this. we re talking about the options being presented to these parents. it s not really an option because the only choice they have is to leave the country with or without their kids. what position is this putting parents in, not only in terms of their family unification, but the dangers they would be facing if, in fact, they do get home with or without their kids? absolutely. because we have to remember that the vast majority of these folks that are being detained are coming to seek asylum. and at every turn we ve been seeing the trump administration try to sabotage these asylum claims. we see it in terms of border patrol, getting folks and not allowing them to claim asy
odell. kate, why did the immigration bill failed so miserable? it s a good question, paul. there are a lot of authors of the failure, one of them was president trump who did not go out and campaign of the bill to try to get it passed. there are other authors too like the freedom caucus who have moved the goal post on what they are interested in getting in exchange for deal on daca and whose on bill goodlatte bill failed on the floor. but the democrats have been cynical about this discussion as well? paul: they want an issue, they think it will help turn out voters, any chance of anything happening on immigration between now and election for example on family unification of the border in. the republicans have been working on a bill on that it s not clear where trump is on signing it at this point and that s one reason why it s delayed an not come to a vote or introduced but so i don t see
tell us the message you want your colleagues to hear? first of all, new york city must be a place where this movement begins because we re a city of immigrants. second after all, we have to make sure these children are united with their families. make sure dreamers come out of the shadow, make sure that family unification is made. that s the agenda. it should not be laced with toxic stuff like the wall or family reunification, beetdsing up on dreamers, an obviously keeping children away interest their mothers. reporter: this is nothing new for you across the country. what is new now after the president s zero tolerance policy. what has led to so many people getting involved? because people realize we must fight for the values that have made this country a beacon of hope. here we are, with this type of events all over across america.