process have received final orders of removal from a judge and still remain here illegally. the instances of going after individuals here illegally and have committed additional crimes against american citizens in this country, any city, any law enforcement agency that resists and does not cooperate with federal law enforcement immigration officials, they re actually putting those cities in higher danger. joining me now is the director of immigrants rights clinic at columbia law school. a former senior border patrol agent. first of all, is there going to be any action from congress to provide any protection for these migrants who are now being targeted by the trump administration? absolutely, joy. our members of congress are actively pursuing actions
glimpses of the harsh conditions at migrant facilities along the southern border. in recent days, for example, the homeland security inspector general s office has released photos showing children wrapped in tin foil on the floor. there s dangerous overcrowding in the rio grande valley. but those pictures are almost one month old, four weeks ago. this is going on every day. journalists remain in a virtual blackout. with me now to discuss this, columbia law school professor and director of the immigrants rights clinic at columbia, laura mcergee. so you were able to visit the facility at clint, texas, that s getting so much attention. why is it the journalists are not able to on a daily basis head inside and see what s going on? what are the reasons? the administration s justification is that it s trying to protect the migrants inside. i find this obstructionist and absurd. the american public, the media, deserves to know what is
facilities. when i get if kids across the border and we put them in shelters while we work quickly to try to place them with sponsors here in the united states. usually family members that they already have here in the states a and get them placed there. health and human services secretary alex azar was speaking yesterday and telling nbc news that almost 300 migrant children have been removed from a border patrol detention facility in texas after reports of dirty and potentially dangerous conditions. the children who were removed were being held at a border station in clint, texas. according to the director of the immigrants rights clinic at columbia law school, some were wearing dirty clothes, covered in mucous or urine, teen age children were stained with breast milk. and no soap and they had not