It s easy to lose perspective. We are human creatures, prone to pride, fallible to feelings. We live in both "our" world and "the" world, and the smallest thing a fear, a tear can conflate the two.
More than 2.7 million kids are living with relatives outside of the foster-care system. Many children are living with relatives before they are licensed for foster care.
more than 2,000 undocumented children remain separated from their families. separated from their families by the united states government. this as the trump administration begins to lay out a plan to reunite them. lawmakers are trying to visit both the parents and the children to get their own sense of what s happening. we have seen so little of themselves. the democrat from new york, first formally undocumented immigrant to serve in congress. as we said, we just don t have a window for how these 2,000 children are doing. we have a hard time getting our cameras inside. you have visited one of these centers in east harlem, here in new york, which is not next to texas, mind you. yes, sir. where 2,000 children have been separated from their parents. i saw some of the children and i met some of the foster care parents. you know, these kids are very resilient. they have probably gone through a lot. as such, they still are able to
not even however long it takes me to go back to my old neighborhood, it s hard because that s about my sober time right there. so the bus ride over there. there s a lot of dreams and goals and situations that we dream of. but as soon as we hit that fresh air, it s over. most of us have dreams that we ll never we ll never see realized. and that s a hard thing. but as far as doing the things that i wanted to do, becoming a doctor, you know, things like that, that s never going to happen for me now. anybody have a message you want to send out? julissa, if you hear me, i love you and i m sorry. and i just want you to be here for me. give me another chance. i never meant to abandon you guys. i just want to say i love my twins very much. they know that. e.t. phone home. my mother, please contact me. it s been quite some time, and you know i m here. please get in touch with me. my brothers, i m sorry. my stepdad, you re the bomb. i love you. i just wanted to say to the foster ca