en el cajÓn, california, dulce castellanos, univisiÓn.nar y es la verdad que no entiendo por qué. romina: porque no, mamá, porque estaba el viejo ese. >> no es el viejo ese, es tu papá. romina: samuel no es mi papá es el hombre con el que te casaste y que a mala hora metiste a esta casa. >> ya te he dicho que no digas esas cosas de samuel. romina: es la verdad, mamá siempre defiendes a ese tipo y le das la razón, pero no la tiene. no sabes cómo es, mamá. >> si sé cómo es es mi marido. romina: tú ves otr

minority leader nancy pelosi was a part of the delegation that visited this detention center in el cajon where 62 boys are held today. the migrant children as young as 6 years old have either been separated from their parents or arrived in the u.s. alone. congressman juan vargas who represents san diego fired back at president trump who has blamed democrats for the separation of children from their parents. >> so has this been the policy? no, this has not been the policy. the policy has been to try to keep families together. so yes, before there's been unaccompanied minors, yes, kids have arrived without their mom and dads, but no, we didn't take children and rip them away from their moms when they're trying to nurse their kids. we didn't do stuff like that, no. that's new. >> reporter: demonstrators are at the front gate of the facility including a santa maria schoolteacher. elizabeth osborn left home at 3:30 a.m. to be here to protest what is happening to the children. >> i have a very strong feeling about what's happening here and i'm very disappointed in what's going on with our nati

abc news reporter marcie gonzalez joins us live from el cajon with more.> reporter: and ama several detained parents filed suit today in federal court asking a judge to require the government to at the very least let them know where their children are as they wait and hope for moments like this. 7-year-old darwin separated from his mother at the border more than a month ago. now back in her arms. one of 500 migrant children reunited with their parents since may according to an energies official. but still at least 1,800 more kids being held in foster care and shelters across the country remain in willy-nilly o. the trump administration still with no set plan on how to reunite them with families. >> the government should be in the business of keeping families together, not tearing them apart. >> among those waiting, 6-year-old allisonen from el salvador. heard in this recording first obtained by pro publica begging to call her aunt. >> this week pro publica listened to one of the calls. >> the fact that jimena was able to memorize this phone number turn out

nos encontramos en el cajÓn californiaenfrente uno de los albergues de los niÑos indocumentados.s de las condiciones en las que viven estos menores que llegaron a la frontera solos, no acompaÑados o que han sido separados por sus padres cuando llegado a la frontera. como hemos visto las imÁgenes del albergue en texas continÚa circulando. Éste albergue fue una tienda. actualmente, sostiene a mÁs de 1400 niÑos. a una gran diferencia de este que es mucho mÁs pequeÑo. más tarde tendremos todos los detalles de las condiciones en capando de l pandillas y toda la dificultades de sus paÍses de origen. volvemos con ustedes. carolina: gracias por ese informe. borja: los republicanos de la cÁmara de representantes planean presentar la prÓxima semana dos proyectos de ley sobre inmigraciÓn. el primero es que propone un permiso de estadÍa de tres aÑos para los soÑadores, podrÍan renovar 30,000 millones para el polÉmico muro y convertir en delito federal el cruce sin documentos entre otros aspectos. carolina: el segundo ofrece camino la ciudadanÍa para los soÑadores, siempre y cuando se apruebe

ramÓn: en una calle del cajón en california, abriÓ sus puertas uno de los centros de detenciÓn para niÑos16 aÑos han sido albergados ahÍ. permanecerÁn 47 dÍas en promedio en estos centros de inmigraciÓn, mientras se les encuentra un lugar permanente. la mayorÍa de los niÑos han sido separados de familias. el dÍa de hoy se llevÓ a cabo el torneo de fÚtbol con corazÓn en apoyo a los jÓvenes inmigrantes que han llegado a este paÍs sin acompaÑantes. gilberto: este es el tercer aÑo consecutivo que se lleva a cabo este torneo y los organizadores de san francisco dicen que cuando le preguntaron a los jÓvenes inmigrantes reciÉn llegados lo que querÍan, no pidieron cosas materiales, sÓlo querÍan jugar. el torneo celebraba jÓvenes inmigrantes y el poder de nuestra comunidad. los organizadores dicen que este es un mensaje para esos jÓvenes para que sepan que no estÁn solos, que tienen el respaldo de toda una comunidad. >>divertirse y al final de cuentas, siguen siendo niÑas y necesitan una oportunidad de sonreÍr. >>este dÍa no sÓlo se trata de corral, gritos y carreras. la idea de celebrar a los jÓv

. >> el más grande en el cajón donde viven 65 menores de edad, allí esperan hasta que un familiar losa familia mientras pelean el proceso migratorio . >> pueden decidir una autodeportación o salida voluntaria, eso pueden hacer. >> en las últimas seis semanas el consulado de méxico en san diego, contabiliza 7 casos, ha tenido que repatriar a menroes mexicanos que estaban en centros de detención . >> en el este de la bahía líderes dijeron que no hay que bajar la guardia . >> condenaron la política y anunciaron futuras acciones para contrarestar el daño a los menores, pilar miño tiene la información . >> así es, de forma enérgica, pidieron intervención deos inte reclamaron denucnia ,. >> la separación de miles de niños de sus padres se considera como una violación de los derechos humanos por eso en oakland, la congresista bárbara lee por un counicado pidió a organización de naciones unidas (onu) investigar la práctica calificada como abuso infantil, pero no solo eso exigen . >> le pidió a nielsen que denuncie a su cargo se sumaron autoridades que dijeron que ellos tienenolerancia con est

. >>> luego de que temprano realizaron un recorrido por albergues como este en la ciudad el cajón donde

. >>> luego de que temprano realizaron un recorrido por albergues como este en la ciudad el cajón donde75 niños que llegaron con los a la frontera o fueron separados de sus padres y que ahora son vigilados las 24 horas. >>> estamos platicando con los niños y las personas que los cuidan, nos dijeron claramente que estos niños alláuna cierta se meten en las pandillas o los matan >>> los demócratas se deiepese a lo que llamaron información errónea, nunca hubo una política similar en el pasado, culparon al presidente. >>> el núme niños separados de sus padres en la frontera podría superar los 30,000 para el mes de agosto, por eso el mensaje para el presidente es directo >>> el problema con los demócratas, usted tiene una pluma, usted puede cambiar esas políticas. >>> tanto demócratas como republicanos no logran echar abajo esta medida, en vivo desde la frontera de méxico en san diego california a cisco fajardo, telemundo >>> gracias francisco por esa información es muy difícil lo que están viviendo. >>> precisamente esta mañana agentes migratorios publicarone de migrantes que son despedido

abc news, el cajon, california. >>> this eye opening cover of the "time" magazine, there's the photo of the girl crying at the border while president trump looms over here with the headline, "welcome to america." the facebook campaign to reunite undocumented immigrant parents separated from children raised nearly $17 million now. three of facebook's earliest employees started this campaign on sunday. for information about the immigration debate, go to abc7news.com. >>> new this morning, pge is warning investors it may be on the hook for at least $2.5 billion in costs related to the devastating north bay fires. they warn they could get worse. pge says the amount does not cover all of the fires. it also does not include potential penalties, fines, or lawsuits. last month, cal fire investigators learned they were involved in starting several of the deadly wildfires as power lines made contact with the trees sparking flames. years of draught, extreme heat, and 129 million dead trees created a new normal for our state that requires comprehensive new solutions. >>> and reminder for continu

. >> en el cajÓn marÍa paula ochoa noticias telemundo. >> cruel, intolerable, inhumano son alguno calificativosidas) hasta el papa francisco a advirtieron la tortura que supone la separaciÓn y ahora organizaciones estadounidenses se suman a esto. >> la polÍtica tolerancia cero parece volverse contra el presidente trump porque ahora mucha prensa de estados unidos no estÁ de acuerdo. >> dÓnde estÁ la ley que diga que hay que separar a los niÑos de los padres, uno de los sÍntoma que ha reparado lo que pasa en ha frontera sur con miles de niÑos. >> francisco hace aÑos cubre las noticias de la casa blanca. >> es muy difÍcil para todos pensar que el gobierno van a quitar los niÑos de el papÁ es duro. >> los diarios de la naciÓn desde los mÁs grandes hasta los mÁs pequeÑos en sus llaman la Í abominable y inhumana segÚn el new york times se violan los derechos humanos. >> comediantes como steven que insta a tomar acciÓn. (informaciÓn en pantalla) entre tanto los reclamos se han tornado personales como este periodista a la portavoz presidencial. (informaciÓn en pantalla) . mientras la administraciÓn tru

we are on a san diego street, in a town called he will el cajon. it is a strip mall here, a cafe a notary public, and a parking lot. so many people around here don't know what's going on behind these doors. this is where at least 65 kids, of 5 migrant children from central america are living. you see the facility is not that big. it goes all the way down to maybe that fenceline over there. this is where the kids live. and we understand that they are able to speak to their family twice a week, each phone call is about ten minutes long. we also asked how long does it take for these kids to find out where their families are. we now know that obviously many of these kids are being separated from their families as their parents are referred to criminal prosecution. and we are told that it usually takes about a week for those kids to find their families and to actually talk to their parents. we also saw a phone booth in the middle of the facility the we thought that that might be the place where they call their families. instead, of that a line that they

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marcie gonzalez, abc news, el cajon, california. >>> well take a look at this behind me process. the billboard on emeryville 880. it was altered to protes the police separating families at the border. here is what the ad looked like originally. it's an add for 1-800-got junk when zooif buy again clear channel made the message disappear. our reporter amy hoelfield has more. a close uplonger look of the alders rebelled billboard in emeryville. drivers on 880 zooming by migh not get a good look at as scherree passing by found i had to take a picture before they take it down because i know it's not staying. >> the billboard used to say we make junk disappear. the activist group changed it to say we make kids disappear in response to parents of children separated at the u.s. berd. in decline was formed in 2001 and best known for the naked statues of president trump like this one that popped up in san francisco's castro district. now, they have come after mr. trump's immigration policy. and they have a sympathetic audience here on the ground in emeryville. >> they need to do every bill

the one in el cajon was also young boys for the most part. at least that's what nbc news saw when we went in there. so, health and human services, which by all accounts offers pretty good service to these children and pretty respectable facilities, just hasn't been as transparent as we would like them to be. granted they are dealing with an influx of people, 11,000 kids plus are in their care right now and that number is only going up. but the world wants to know where are the toddlers that this program is separating? where are the young girls that this program is separating? we have not seen them -- i've seen the boys with my own eyes but i haven't seen the girls and i haven't seen the toddlers and nobody has let me get in to see that yet. >> something else i've seen in the coverages is they are not permitted to touch these children. is that true? >> it is true. this is all very complicated because these kids are effectively incarcerated and the rules, even if they're in a shelter by name, are bound by, you know, certain strict policies. and

hidden on one of the busiest streets in el cajon lies a facility at the center of the immigration debate. the migrant youth center houses up to 65 children here while their status is sorted out. reporter: "there's a soccer field in the back and a 6 foot fence around the more than 40,000 square roperty that used tsenior center."the all boys facility opened their doors to a small group of local and national media."i didn't know what to expect going in."union tribune reporter was one of the five allowed inside. "you know, it felt like sort of a school where kids also sleep." children ranging from i age 6 to 16 spend an average of 47 days in this facility. they go to school every day, play outside and are allowed up to two phone calls per week. " that's when you sort of start to get the sense wait, this is a little bit of a different space from some normal area where you might have kids in school."the center is always at or near capacity and roughly 10% to have kids inside were separated from their families at the border but the lot of them made it here on their own. " they said that the chi

hidden on one of the busiest streets in el cajon lies a facility at the center of the immigration debatee migrant youth center houses up to 65 children here while their status is sorted out. reporter: "there's a soccer field in the back and a 6 foot fence around the more than 40,000 square foot property that used to be a senior center."the all boys facility opened their doors to a small group of local and national media."i didn't know what to expect going in."union tribune reporter was one of the five allowed inside. "you know, it felt like sort of a school where kids alep." children ranging from i age 6 to 16 spend an average of 47 days in this facility. they go to school every day, play outside and are allowed up to two phone calls per week. " that's when you sort of start to get the sense wait, this is a little bit of a different space from some normal area where you might have kids in school."the center is always at or near capacity and roughly 10% to have kids inside were separated from their families at the border but the lot of them made it here on the o. " they said that the chil

precisamente estoy en las afueras del albergue casa san diego en el cajón, california, habilitado para durante la visita, las instalaciones no parecen un centro de detención, sino una escuela. los niños reciben seis horas de clases bilingües cada día, además de educación física. la institución luce limpia y organizada, y cuenta con servicios médicos y asistencia psicológica las 24 horas. aunque algo diferente es lo que describe antar davidson, exempleado de un albergue en tucson, arizona. antas: en las noches lloraban, todos lloraban por su mamá y por su papá. y pues, corrían en los pasillos. no le daban caso a nadie. dulce: durante cuatro meses él trabajó directamente con niños que habían sido separados de sus padres. antar: esos chicos necesitan especialistas. las personas que están allá no-- la mayoría, pues, antes trabajaba en restaurantes o trabajos normales. o sea, muy pocos de ellos tienen mucha experiencia con jóvenes. dulce: davidson renunció la semana pasada. Él dice que no pudo continuar cuando le ordenaron que separara a tres hermanos. antar: se estaban abrazando y llorando

vilma: una veterinaria aceptó verlo, y lenard metió a george en un cajón y condujo media hora hasta laas y se lo llevó a casa. durante cuatro meses se esmeró hasta que george fue mejorando, generando hueso y una especie de fibra protectora. sin embargo, su caparazón no se regeneraría, y empezaron a buscar algún tipo de protección. >> me preguntaron si podíamos imprimir un caparazón proestético para esa tortuga. vilma: ¿ustedes ya habían hecho un trabajo de estos antes? >> ni una vez en nuestra vida hemos hecho un trabajo con animales. vilma: victoria collazo es graduada de ingeniería mecánica de la universidad de cornell y trabaja para la empresa 3dchimera. sus proyectos típicos incluyen maquetas para arquitectos y partes corporales como cráneos y espinas dorsales para médicos y abogados. victoria y alex hussain, el cofundador de la empresa, llegaron a la consulta de la doctora kay a medir a george. victoria: tenemos un scanner que es de láser. vilma: el scanner les ayuda a crear una réplica del caparazón y, con programas especiales, diseñar una prótesis. victoria: la primera vez que c

television, this is footage that hhs has provided to a number of meeld why outlets -- media outlets in el cajon, kas sa san diego. they're perfectly clean classrooms, medical clinic, walls adorned with super heros and religious cards. and the kids, thankfully, are given hot meals every day. there's an outside area for the 65 children housed there to play and recreate. not ideal, but it's not a concentration camp, don't say that. according to the staff at casa san diego, only 10% of the kids there were separated from their parents. 90% of those residents were trafficked, sent across the border alone. this house is similar to casa padre in texas, a government -- the largest government contracted immigrant youth center in the nation. one of the dozens funded by you, the u.s. taxpayers. once a former walmart, npr witnessed boys at casa padre shooting baskets, kicking soccer because, playing video games, watching a movie, sitting in classrooms where they were taught about u.s. government, and they were even learning tai chi and they got a meal of chicken and vegetables. that's npr's description. now

today gadi schwartz toured a facility in el cajon, california, where some of the children are being held. what do you see behind the gates today? >> well, lots to unpack. i want to give you the lay of the land because people have been coming it out to see it for themselves. they're incredit u lus about this happening so close to their homes. this is beak where the facility is. behind this fence. you see from the street you can't see what's going on. you've got somebody down here. she just came out to also see. she had seen what was going on on the news. she is with a mental health organization and she wanted to see it for herself. we've seen a bunch of neighbors coming out. i'm going to show you. it's not the biggest facility. it's a lot smaller than that walmart that we saw the jacob sober rof showed us earlier this week. that's where it ends that fence line. it goes all the way down this way and there are 65 kids or 63 kids being housed right now. the capacity here is 65. but we understand that there are more beds being brought in across the country in anticipation for what is to be a

minority leader nancy pelosi was a part of the delegation that visited this detention center in el cajone department of homeland security provided this video inside of the facility where 62 boys are being held today. the migrant children as young as 6 years old have either been separated from their parents or arrived in the u.s. alone. congressman juan vargas who represents san diego fired back at president trump who has blamed democrats for the separation of children from their parents. >> so has this been the policy? no, this has not been the policy. the policy has been try to keep families together. so yes, before there's been unaccompanied minors. yes, kids have arrived without their moms and dads, but no, we didn't take children and rip them away from their moms when they're trying to nurse their kids. we didn't do stuff like that. no, that's true. >> reporter: demonstrators were at the front gate of the facility including a santa monica schoolteacher. elizabeth osborn left home at 3:30 a.m. to be here to protest what is happening to the children. >> i have a very strong feeling abo

gadi schwartz, nbc news, el cajon, california. >>> as detainment continues to put pressure on his administration, president trump will meet on tuesday with house republicans to discuss two different immigration bills under consideration. for more on that let's turn now to chuck todd, nbc's political director and moderator of "meet the press." happy father's day, first of all. >> and to you. >> the president says, quote, i hate the children being taken away. he said that friday during a press gaggle. he also said this is the democrat's law and they have the power to do it. we should stipulate it's neither the law or the democrats. it's a zero tolerance policy that has been advocated by the general and what is the president up to here and can he continue to talk out of both sides of his mouth. >> reporter: the chief domestic advisor saying, look, zero tolerance means if you're going to institute a zero tolerance policy, which is what they want to do, what the intent is, then this is what it looks like. it's separating children from parents when they attempt to cross the border because it treats al

they are allowing reporters tomorrow to el cajon, california, to see another one of these facilities. but that's two out of a hundred. there's a lot more, and there's only an increasing number of kids going into them that are being separated from their parents. >> we know kids are traumatized when separated from their parents. courts really struggle with this thing. the idea that the facility is nice is very different from the fact that kids get traumatized by being separated from their parents. talk to me about the psychiatric treatment they might get, psychological treatment, medication, who makes those decisions, are parents involved in decisions about treatment and medication that their kids are getting? >> reporter: it's such a good question. you know, i was talking to a representative from the aclu who's engaged in a lawsuit on this issue of child separation. they said, you know, it's not the nonprofit that deserves the blame for the condition that the children are in. you could send these kids actually to a four seasons luxury hotel, and they'd still be traumatized from the act

because that's health and human services so they can be put into the facilities like al cajon where there was a report that there were boys aged 6 to 17 who were all there. they have the necessary medications. obviously, food and shelter. they have exercise. they have education during the day. >> i don't -- nobody is doubting that they're getting reasonable care there. the question is, the most dramatic thing to do is taking them away in first place. you don't have to. >> chuck -- >> you don't have to be doing that. >> in orders if i commit a crime and i'm put in jail, my four children are separated from their mother. because we don't have a policy or why would you want the children in jail with their parents? you want them in the facility temporarily or you want them to be repatriated back to the home country with said parent or come in with a responsible adult who you know, who the authorities are confident means that child no harm, won't get them into the gang. won't subject them to trafficking or rape or worse. you want them to go with a family member or another close family friend wh

speaker pelosi or former speaker pelosi will be at a shelter nearby in el cajon.r without permission, prosecuted first time. second time, a felony. both presidents facing a surge from central america from families and mine norse separated children from adults who brought them here. advocacy groups at the time complained, democratic leaders at the time did not when president obama earned that title of deporter-in-chief. now however democratic congressman, texas, new jersey, california, calling this practice cruel and barbaric. >> this is inhumane. i would like to say it is un-american but it is happening right now in america and it is on all of us, not just the trump administration. this is on all of us. reporter: so the policy that brought us here is known as operation streamline t was initiated in 2006 by president bush and greatly expanded by president obama bause it was so successful. nearlycross tder he increased prosecutions for criminal reentry by 200%. now as a deterrent, secondly he expanded alien relocation program, if you're arrested in texas, you're dep

newspaper, i call it social media muscle, cable news cajon.mself. he made it about a process. he made it about doing something great for the world. look, the last president was handed nobel peace prize. this president will earn it. steve: right. >> that is all we need to know about this, his moxie. i said from the beginning as pro press person here, i said from the beginning the press and the presidency have joint custody over the country for the next eight years, next six 1/2 years and beyond and people need to really figure out how to cover this president in a respectful manner. they can be skeptical. they can, but there is time and place. he a white house guest. steve: like you said earlier you have to throw out the playbook with this president. you talked about the last summit but the summit before earlier this week when the president left canada, the world community we can't believe this donald trump guy. he is walking away from the western civilized economies. what's up with that? it is not surprising this is exactly what donald trump sa

. >> but take a look at this center for migrant children on the border in el cajon, california, whichvides lodging, meals, medical care, education, recreation and oer services. >> what is it really like in those shelters and how does the president's policies compare to those of obama. >> here weigh in, mark cricorian. this season a issue as you know well. an emotional one, the topic of every conversation around the country right now. you have been to some of these centers. walk us through what you saw. i think he's having some problems. but as you can see there, we're showing you video and footage of inside these facilities. mark, do we have you with us? >> yes. good morning. >> we're looking at some of these images. you have been to some of these centers. walk us through what you saw. >> well, i've been to an actual detention center for adults. the ones for minors are actually not detention centers, they're shelters. nobody is detained from leaving. they can just leave. sometimes they do. even the regular detention center for adults, while, some place if you were an american living i