later, more on spending negotiations with congresswoman nanette barragan. congresswoman nanette barragan. ♪ host: the hill reports gop leaders do not know if they have the votes to pass legislation that would grant president trump wall.lion for a border one strategy might be to pass the bill to partially fund the government until january and put the request in that bill. this is the "washington journal" for december 13. when it comes to this idea of a shutdown. is there a compromise you can accept to see the granting for the president's request and also an effort to keep the government open? those ideas and some ideas for a compromise have been floated this morning. if you can accept a compromise, let us know. 202-748-8000 for republicans. 202-748-8001 for democrats -- 202-748-8000 for republicans. 202-748-8001 for democrats and independents, 202-748-8002. perhaps you live in a border state and want to see a compromise on this. 202-748-8003 is the number to call. you can post on twitter @cspanwj and our facebook page at facebook.com/cspan. a couple of polls

congresswoman nanette barragan is with me next. >>> for the second time this month, a child has diedcustody of u.s. customs and border protection. the agency reported yesterday an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died shortly before midnight on december 24th at gerald champion regional medical center in alamogordo, new mexico. cbp has not released the boy's name but house democrats have identified him as felipe alonzo gomez. in a timeline yesterday cbp related what they said happened. last tuesday felipe and his father were apprehended about three miles west of the port of entry in el paso. on christmas eve, a number of days later, the boy had quote glossy eyes about 9:00 a.m., he was hospitalized, diagnosed with a common cold. despite a 103 degree fever he was released and transported to a temporary holding facility. that night around 10:00, he leto the hospital, began to vomit and lost consciousness. two hours later he was pronounced dead. his death coming two weeks after a 7-year-old girl from guatemala named jakalin caal died at a hospital nell paso after being detained herself. hou

joining me is nanette barragan, last on the program when she was down on the border near san diego. what are the questions you want answered about what happened here? >> well, i think one of the big questions is asking about the medical procedures and the screening. we here at cpb often talk about how parents said their kids were okay. what we really need is for cpb to do real medical streenings. that is a problem now. it was an issue with jakeliny, making sure they're taking vital signs. if you see there's 103 temperature, there needs to be better observation. i'm not a medical expert, chris, but let me tell you when you hear the news that it took roughly an hour just to get the child back to the hospital, and then you hear that he started vomiting and it took four hours to get the child back to the hospital, that's a concern. so we need to ask those questions. we also need to ask about some of the attitudes that some of the cbp officers having, having heard firsthand some of their attitudes at the border and their just disregard for human life, that is a question we also need to a

here with me now is one of the members of congress, democrat nanette barragan. congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. where were you and your colleague undertaking this? >> well, we decided to go down to the port of entry, because we had heard that people were being turned away at the ports, even though they were trying to present for asylum. so we went down to otay mesa where we were with maria and her children and other immigrants, trying to present themselves. >> so that's about -- if i'm not mistaken, about ten miles from san ysidro, which is the sort of biggest port of entry. what was the scene like there? what did you encounter? what did you see when they tried to come in? >> well, what we did was -- what i did was i went to visit with her beforehand and her children and talked to her before we actually made the journey to the otay port of entry, the otay mesa port of entry. and when we walked up, what we saw were customs and border protection officials standing near the turnstile. however, where they were standing was on the u.s. side. two att

californrnia congress member nanette barragan joins us now from washingngton, d.c.he is the member of -- a memr of the house comommittee on homeland security. thank you so much for being with us. describe what you did this past monday. otayll, i went down to mesa with one of my colleagues. we were asked to go down to to presentmaria herself for asylum. amy: explain exactly what you did. onocracy now! was recently the border. we saw people for hours, for days, not being let into the u.s.. you did something incredible. somehow you got maria and her family over the line into the u.s., which is still before the border guards. >> well, it was an interesting thing to see at otay mesa. what happens is the u.s.-mexico line actually occurs before you , border agent. we were able to walk right up to the agent, which crossed over into u.s. territory, where her lawyers were ahead of her and said, we want to present our client for asylum. now while they were talking to the cbp officer, maria, her children, along with eight unaccompanied minors and another male, were able to just

>> all right, congresswoman nanette barragan, thank you very much for sharing that story. that is "all in" for this evening. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, a federal judge makes the case that michael flynn sold his country out. so sentencing is delayed just in case there's anything more flynn could do to help the government in the russia investigation. at stake is whether or not he does time in prison. tonight, the former three starr general and former national security adviser has been ordered to give up his passport and not leave the washington area. but the white house, they're still behind flynn. >>> more bad news for donald trump. his foundation is being forced to shut down after alleged illegal conduct. the remaining money will be handed out to actual charities. >>> the senate made history tonight, the bad news is a shutdown is still possible as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday evening. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 698 of the trump administration. just hours ago, federal judge em

were allowed to apply for asylum, but only after democratic congress members jimmy gomez and nanette barragan intervened on her behalf. the lawmakers camped out overnight with meza's family and other migrants on u.s. soil near the otay mesa port of entry, surrounded by metal barriers and border guards in riot gear. this is congress member gomez. you can.s. policy is turn your self in at any port of entry. they have to process you. what we're seeing, they are saying they don't have the capacity. but that doesn't seem to be the case. no one has been allowed in. we're here to make sure they're following u.s. law and international law. amy: meanwhile, democratic lawmakers are demanding answers about the conditions that led to the death of seven-year-old guatemalan indigenous migrant jakelin caal maquin in u.s. custody after she was detained at the u.s.-mexico border earlier this month. on tuesday, several lawmakers toured the lordsburg border patrol station in new mexico where the girl was held shortly before she became ill, dying after her fever spiked to nearly 106 degrees. this is houston cong

california congress members jimmy gomez and nanette barragan said meza and her five children had beenen taken in and their asylum request is currently being processed. in california, a five-month-old girl who traveled to the u.s.-mexico border with the central american migrant caravan has been hospitalized with pneumonia after she spent five days in freezing government cells known as hieleras, or iceboxes. agents at the immigration prison in california where she was being held reportedly refused to seek medical attention for the girl after her mother notified them she was ill. this comes as public outrage is growing over the death of seven-year-old jakelin caal maquin from guatemala, who died in u.s. custody after she was detained at the u.s.-mexico border in a remote area of new mexico earlier this month. a federal judge has struck down trump administration policies designed to prevent people fleeing gang and domestic violence from seeking asylum in the u.s. the wednesday ruling came in a lawsuit fileled by thehe aclu ad the center for gender & refugee studies, representing 12 adults a

. >> all right, congresswoman nanette barragan, thank you very much for sharing that story. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. >> you bet. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. let's jump right in. a lot has happened today. just to hit the high points today, the trump foundation was forcibly closed by the state of new york today as part of an ongoing lawsuit by new york against the president's charitable foundation. that lawsuit in new york alleges a, quote, shocking pattern of illegality involving the trump foundation, including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign and repeated willful self-dealing. the president's foundation will be shut immediately, and its remaining assets will be distributed to charities approved by the office of the new york state attorney general in conjunction with the state judge. so that was the start of the day for the president. it should be noted that lawsuit continues dissolving the president's foundation a

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