To struggle the way families are struggling right now. We need to rebuild our immigration system from top to bottom starting by replacing i. C. E. With something that reflects our morality. My father came to america at age 17 with 400 in his pocket. Now he has his own business, a wife, my sister and i, a nice house in a beautiful neighborhood and is a proud american citizen. I will make the world safe and sound for you well come of age with our young nation nobody well bleed and fight for you well make it right for you if we lay a Strong Enough foundation a variety of voices and approaches there in the nations capital. Renee marsh is at the rally in washington just across the street from the white house. Theyre on the move now. Rene, whats happening . Reporter yeah, i can tell you we left Lafayette Park and we are walking down pennsylvania avenue and then weve more or less stopped here at the trump hotel. This has really become an extension of the administration, at least a symbol of i
How did a comedian with a number that he got from google actually get a call back from the president as the president was on air force one . Hes going to tell us how he did it. Youre in the cnn newsroom. Protests, rallies, and marches right now. Convenience are kicking off across the country to demand an end to the trump administrations end to separation of families. The process on that front, you know, its been slow. As of yesterday, more than 2,000 children are still in the governments care rather than with their parents. A team of reporters is covering the story from every angle. We start with cnns Polo Sandoval live in new york where that protest is just beginning. Polo. Reporter yeah, victor. About two minutes in, people are beginning to come together in lower manhattan. Heres the game plan today for the organizers. They expect thousands of people to show up in new york. The plan is to ma. Over the Brooklyn Bridge and assemble in brooklyn for a long list of speakers. The message P
Good monday morning, everybody, it is june 24th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside nbc White House Correspondent geoff bennett. Were starting with the skepticism over why enforcement didnt have a round up of families to be deported this weekend. President trump tweeted this, at the request of democrats, i have delayed the illegal immigration removal process deportation for two weeks to see if the democrats and republicans can work out a solution to the asylum and loophole problems at the southern border. Counter to the president s version two department of homeland officials told nbc news the raids were called off in large part because details of the plan had leaked to media. A second issue was that i. C. E. Did not have plans in place for detaining the 2,000 immigrants, mainly families whom they were going to arrest and deport. Notably it was President Trump who announced the raids in a tweet one week ago and a threat according to the New York Times had caught immigration officials off
For weeks, there’s been a high number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border and into the Rio Grande Valley. And now there are questions about how much caring for the children is costing.