put in cages and sent to camps, that s not america. the separation of families needs to stop. that s not the america the world knows and loves. welcome back. today from tornillo, texas, one of the epicenters of the family separation crisis that has sparked outrage all over the country, indeed all over the world. yet the idea that this is unprecedented and not who we are as americans is unfortunately a bit of recisionist history. the truth is taking children away from their parents by government sanction or detaining them in internment camps has happened in america since its founding. for centuries, the children of enslaved americans, african and african-american were taken from parents. in the late 19th century, tens of thousands of native american children were taken from their families and forced to attend assimilation boarding schools.
of this huge fight, because bears ears national monument is 1.35 million acres. that is over 2,000 square miles of wild western vistas, holding a potential fortune in oil, gas, and uranium. underneath, tens of thousands of native american ruins. for folks like mark marryboy, these sites are worth more than any mineral. to the navajo and hopy, these canyons hold the spirits of loved ones. they live among us, just like you and i we re communicating. these are your neighbors living here? yes. it s really meaningless to the local white mormons in this area. they think we re just a bunch of stupid people. reporter: we scramble into a canyon and in the desert silence, it s like going back in time. catholics have the ceiling of the sistine chapel and those in the jewish faith may have the
to announce a plan to shrink two national monuments. bill weir visited them and has more on what s next. reporter: let me show you the epicenter of the biggest environmental fight of the day. yep. there they are. see those two beauts? those are the bears ears. but they are just a tiny piece of this huge fight. bears ears national monument is 1.35 million acres. that is over 2,000 square miles of wild western vistas holding a potential fortune in oil, gas, uranium. underneath, tens of thousands of native american ruins. to folks like mark merry boy, these sites are worth more than