minors and immigration custody. officials are defending the new proposal saying it would deter anyone seeking to cross illegally into the u.s. from mexico. these families are going to be held in i.c.e. custody and family residential centers. i want to be clear that they re not going to be held in border patrol stations. so that frees up my agents first and foremost. eric: look at the change mean? our little panel, david schwartz, former prosecutor, a criminal defense attorney in litigation attorney and partner at her and foreman in tennessee. also former federal prosecutor and former assistant u.s. attorney, welcome. let me start with you, david. you represent to the president in the past in these type of issues. why should in your view, the floors agreement be scrapped? well, the floors agreement, the floors agreement should be scrapped because it is an unworkable situation right now. the original 1997, lizette florez case versus janet reno,
they said they ll be ready if they come back. they left in order to de-escala de-escalate in this situation. they didn t want to talk about who they were targeting there. they didn t want to tip anything off at some other place. the people who live in that community now they know this is a possibility, that they will be ready and they will plan to do something like this again. diana gallagher, thank you. an 18-year-old born in dallas has been in immigration custody for nearly a month. despite his ability to prove he s a u.s. citizen. he has the paperwork, what is he doing there? we ll dig into how this could happen. breaking news in mysterious murders in canada, why two missing teens are now considered
administration. as you know, the free press has often been called the fourth branch, dating back to our founding fathers. our founding fathers protected the free press in the first amendment, knowing that access by the media to what s happening inside our government will protect the people and our democracy. and you ve been speaking out on cnn, on msnbc, but some of the narrative over on fox has been, look, they re american citizens that are suffering. there are so many people suffering from this country and there s an undue focus on the migrants at the border. what do you say to that critique? these are children in federal immigration custody who must be protected under the law. the law is clear that the federal government must provide children with safe and sanitary conditions. this is about following the law. this is just about following the law. you would think law and order commentators would care about that, right? you would think so, yes. i only have a minute left,
children sleeping on the ground in nothing but a diaper. children saying they have one meal a day. is this legal? no, this is absolutely not legal. federal law provides for protections for children in federal immigration custody. the 1997 flores settlement agreement requires that the federal government provide safe and sanitary conditions for children in its custody. a law from 2008 which was passed with unanimous bipartisan support and signed by president george w. bush says that children must not be detained by customs and border patrol for any longer than 72 hours. the conditions that we re learning about, what we hear, what i smelled when i was at these facilities, it is unlawful, and illegal. and then, laura, this is what i have not understood and i m going to go to you first, and
smelled, what i heard at clint, left me shocked and appalled that this is what our government is doing in our name with our taxpayer dollars. these are the most degrading and inhumane conditions that i have ever seen for children in federal immigration custody. think about that. and think about the other images we ve seen along the way, the families behind chain link fences or detained in el paso, or kids crying at the border, or the sound of what it was like when they were taken from their parents and guardians. [ crying ]