in four days in california. and she is very fearful that the reason that she came here was the silent claim she was hoping to get because she tells me the father of her child was murdered by gangs in honduras might not be enough for her and her kid to remain safe here in the united states. alex. that 11-month-old, is there a chance that baby is going to be taken from its mother? reporter: for now, it is not likely because she was processed by i.c.e. overnight. and she was placed in this center. today, she s going to show up for an immigration appointment in four days. and she has not been told there s a chance they might be separated but i spoke to over 100 people in this very shelter yesterday. we were expecting a bus load of about 85 in about an hour, and the fear in every single one of these cases. you can sense it in their eyes,
that if you come here and you cross illegally there is a very high probability that you will be separated from your family. and, yesterday, this shelter was packed with over 100 migrants just like the contreras family, telling me these same stories of separation with detention for several days. and the fear that it might . alex, these families are fleeing fearfully from this gang violence, and now they come here only to find out there s more fear in the changing of the guidelines and in the separation from their kids, alex. mariana, what does the future hold for that mother and her 11-month-old sitting next to you? i mean, is there anything that they know for sure that s going to happen? reporter: what she knows for sure that i can show you now is this ankle monitor her. she has to show up to her immigration appointment, alex,