unfortunately when you look at the facility to me, this is the homestead facility for unaccompanied minors, it won t change anything. this is a privately owned for-profit detention facility. it is the only kind in the country. and it is something that advocates are, as you can see behind me, very upset about. now, it s possible that some of those children from that site in texas could end up here. they will probably be scattered around the country. when you look at what s happening across america, when it comes to the immigrant community, you talk about those i.c.e. raids, this on again, off again rhetoric by the president, it s something that we continue to hear is putting fear into the community. we spoke yesterday to activists who will tell you that your entire life can be unravelled by one i.c.e. raid. take a listen. i ve been getting calls from our members, from people directly impacted fearful about what s going to happen to them t, if they re going to get a knock on their door
information. and of course i agree and you can keep it close to your heart. i try every single night. awesome, appreciate it. my pleasure, thank you. antonio sabato jr. running for congress in california. all right. now, we have a very different perspective. democratic congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. hours ago she went to one of these facilities where we can t get in. your eyes and ears inside these facilities. lawmakers can find their own ways in, and look at these kids who have been separated from their parents. congresswoman, thanks for being with us. let s start with what matters. we can get into all the bs hyperbole i was just dealing with with antonio and you guys have your own to take on tonight but first the kids. what did you see on the inside? well, you know, a week ago senator bill nelson and i were denied access to the homestead facility which has 1,300 kids, 70 of whom were separated from their families and it took me a week to be able to get i
separating children from their parents which is completely unnecessary. one and unacceptable. one quilt practicality and then we ll get into the politics of it. sure, okay. the staff there, do they feel they can handle the extra capacity over time, and what is their understanding about the time line of when the kids in their custody will be reunited? so they don t have really any idea when they are going to be able to get these kids reunited. they are working to reunite them, but the problem that we discovered at homestead and here is that hhs, you know, the health and human services agency, only they can only work to reunite children and work for parents and go through the whole process monday through friday because dhs, homeland security, doesn t have staff working on the weekends to make sure that the process can be completed. they have reunited some children at this facility i was at today, but they have 22 this right now. the facility in homestead, you
abhorrent policy. which is unnecessary and unacceptable. one practicality. the staff, do they feel they can handle the extra capacity and what is their understanding about the time line of when the kids in their custody will be reunited? they don t have any idea when they can get the kids reunited. they are working to reunite, but the problem that we discovered at homestead and here is hhs the health and human services only they can only really work to reunite children and look for parents and go through process monday through friday. because dhs homeland security doesn t have staff working on the weekends to make sure the process can be completed. they have reyiunited some
people need information and less hostility. of course i agree. you can take that to the bank yourself and keep it right here close to your heart. i try every damn night. i ll have you back soon. my pleasure. antonio sabato jr. running for congress in california. all right now, we have a different perspective. congresswoman of florida hours ago went to a facility where we can t get in. they don t want the media to be eyes and ears inside these facilities. lawmakers can find their own way in and look at the kids they have been separated from parents. congresswoman, thank you for being with us. we can get into that b.s. i was just dealing with. you have your own to take on. first the kids. what did you see on the inside? a week ago senator nelson and i were denied access to the homestead facility which has 1,300 kids.