exactly where they are and they have no way to hook them up with their kids. as amazing as it may seem, when they separated these families at the beginning of this process, they didn t ensure parentage then. they re only trying to do it now on the backside so they re basically saying to these parents, you have to prove to us that these are your kids. ryan. miguel marquez in brownsville, texas, reporting on this situation that continues to be more complicated as opposed to less complicated. thank you, miguel. let s talk more about this reunification process with jennifer falcon, the communications director for raices, a nonprofit that offers free or low cost legal services to immigrants and refugees. jennifer, i want to start with the trump administration saying it s going to need more time to reunite these families. what s your reaction to that news? i think that that news is a clear indication that the administration has no idea where the families are and how to reunite them. th
claim. some parents still don t know exactly where their children are, he says. a mother here only knows her 3-year-old is somewhere in new york. in documents filed in federal court, the government says it is trying to verify parentage through dna tests and likely won t make deadlines to reunite all families. now, that woman at the very start of the piece, the 39-year-old guatemalan woman, she believes her son is in this facility here in brownsville. she is headed down here. she got out of detention in taylor, texas, a couple days ago. she s headed down here. she s trying to fill out basically an onerous amount of paperwork, about 32 pages of paperwork that hhs says has her child in their care, says she needs to fill out. we ve met other parents that are starting to bond out as well. these are the individuals that the dhs and hhs are having a hard time keeping track of, because once they leave their custody, they no longer know
have to prove their parentage to a government that forced the separation in the first place. bryan llenas, thanks a lot. and emotional memorial service held for one of the five victims killed in a shooting at in maryland newspaper office. plus, beijing getting back at the president. the president tariffs on chinese goods. what this could mean for you. the war was lost on trade many years ago. they are saying the war was lost but now we will finish because we have all the cards. motorcycle revving
expedite a thorough vetting process that ensures that children are going to the rightful parents. we re doing dna testing on everybody who claims to be the parent of one of our children to confirm that. we check birth certificates. we have served 230 hhs people and contractors out to i.c.e. facilities to sit with the parents to get information to prove suitability and parentage of them to work through this process. what we care about is the kids welfare. the aclu says the government is treating these children that are separated from their parents the same as unaccompanied minors what came to border without their parents. they argue it doesn t make sense to have parents to prove their parentage to government that forced their separation in the first place. julie: bryan llenas, thank you very much. tester doesn t share your values. john tester showed his true colors with his shameful dishonest attacks on a great
to their parents. remember, the u.s. customs and border protection says there are some cases in which adults actually use children that are not their own. and now the department of health and human services secretary says the government will meet the deadlines but the judge is forcing them to expedite a thorough vetting process. we are doing dna testing on everybody claims to be the parent of one of our children to confirm that. we checked bertha to fix, we have searched 230 people in contacts they are proving suitability and parentage to work through the process. we care about is the kids welfare. the aclu s is the problem here is that the government is treating these children they separated from the parents, same as unaccompanied minors that came to the border without parents but the argument does not make sense to make parents