this is a very murky situation right now. that s why i have called for hearings on the judiciary committee on which i serve so that we can have clarity about both the impact and interpretation of this executive order, which flies in the face of a long settled court agreement that says that juveniles shouldn t be held in detention more than 20 days. and so that we can explore whether there aren t more humane, cost-effective and appropriate means of ensuring families with children, if released in the united states, pending a future hear, can in fact be made to return for that hearing. there have been trial programs that have succeeded in getting more than 90%, close to 100% of those released in the united states to return for their court hearing on time. i think that s the sort of thing we should be looking at in the judiciary committee. the defense secretary mattis is confirming that some of the immigrants are going to be detained on military bases in texas, now being prepared for t