here's the henry cuellar story. in the 2000 presidential election, when he was a state representative in texas, he chose to back then-republican governor george w. bush for president over his own party's candidate, al gore. he was basically a bush surrogate. bush campaign proceeded to use cuellar in bush for president ad campaign to attack gore, quoting cuellar, saying, "as a democratic member of the house appropriations committee, cuellar said by criticizing the state's fiscal health, gore is attacking us, the legislature." following year in 2001, republican governor rick perry appointed henry cuellar secretary of state in texas. it's a position he held basically for the next year. in 2004, though he did back john kerry over bush that year, cuellar decided to run for congress not against any democrat but the chairman of the congressional hispanic caucus, ciro rodriguez was his name. it was a very contentious race and over the initial tally gave rodriguez a 145-vote lead. after a recount, cuellar moved ahead by 58 v

cuellar declared the winner of the seat. he upset a sitting democratic member of congress in a primary. in 2006, rodriguez came back to try to get his revenge. cuellar, of course, by then infuriated national liberal groups. the conservative group, the club for growth, you've probably heard of them, came in and endorsed henry cuellar. i was reporting on that race back then when i was at "roll call." the very first time ever the club for growth endorsed a democrat. that was the context for george bush clasping henry cuellar. seeing an old buddy for the election and gives that buddy a good luck clasp. cuellar ended up survivsurvivin though. democrats after that election stopped trying to oust him. for as long as they wanted to, they figured he was going to be representing the slice of south texas in congress. now flash forward to right now, all these years later, we are being reminded why he drove democrats nuts in the first place. >> so congressman, by that i take it you mean he should be seeing the border? >> well, i hope tha

pero el congresista demÓcrata henry cuellar nos habla de una nueva legislaciÓn que propone deportar a niÑos inmigrantes. el congresista luis gutiÉrrez no estÁ de acuerdo con cuellar y su plan y nos dice que lo primero que hay que hacer para proteger a estos niÑos en los estados unidos es cuidarlos. estÁ con nosotros el presidente de honduras, juan orlando hernÁndez, que le dice a marÍa elena salinas que parte de la culpa de esta crisis de los niÑos es de los estados unidos. ¿quÉ estÁ haciendo mÉxico para proteger a los inmigrantes centroamericanos? no mucho, dicen los crÍticos. la mayorÍa de los robos y violaciones de centroamericanos ocurren en territorio mexicano, jorge castaÑeda nos tiene el lado mexicano de esta crisis. entre israel y gaza: los ataques y bombardeos han causado la muerte de por lo menos 200 personas, no hay una soluciÓn, por eso hablamos con el vice embajador de israel, reuven azar, sobre quÉ podemos esperar. ¿hay planes de invadir gaza? y tenemos con nosotros al cantante colombiano carlos vives. hablamos de su vida, su mÚsica, de la paz en colombia, y por supuesto

henry cuellar. their bill would rewrite the current 2008 george w. bush law so minors from central america could be treated like those from mexico, so they could be deported more quickly. it appears the administration isn't totally against this bill. they haven't officially come out and endorsed it, they set some pretty strong signals that they're open to it, you have a president that wants the house right now to approve the $3.7 billion he's asked for, he knows he has to get republicans on board with that request. it's a republican house, he can't get the money unless republicans sign off on it. you also have nancy pelosi, the minority leader who wants the same thing, she wants the money to pass as well. she knows they need to get republicans to go along with that as well. both of them think that the cuellar or cornen bill is the way to get republicans on board. here is pelosi last week signaling her openness to changing the 2008 bush law, it got the president's appropriations request passed. >> you can have a different view about the value of a pro

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he speaks out against his fellow texas delegate, congressman henry cuellar, and cuellar is the guy whos. he's a blue dog. he comes to the meetings once in a long time, but make it clear, cuellar does not speak for the congressional hispanic caucus. >> i'm hispanic. i'm a blue dog. 80% of my population i represent are hispanic. i as a member of congress can make my proposal. by the way, it would have been nice if he would have spoken to me, asked me what my legislation does. he was ignorant of the facts and we got to do the right thing. >> he also says that they have four more sessions left. he is confident, mr. cuellar is, that they can come to some sort of a resolution. there is a possibility that john boehner will -- they're working on a bill that would have $1.5 billion worth of money in it to address the problem, but that particular bill would go ahead and change the policy. however, they would need 50 or 60 democrats to vote alongside him and given the fact that the democrats are splintered and they're saying can't change the law, that could be a tough road to hoe. >> it's not jus

that is where "action news" reporter chad pradelli is live tonight and dann cuellar leads to coveragebout the doctor and alleged gunman. let's start with chad at the scene of the shooting, chad. >> reporter: monica the afternoon calm was interrupted by gunfire here and authorities say the gunman rich order plots is mentally troubled man that came here to harm. and the question is why. >> it was just after 2 p.m. when investigators say a mentally troubled richard the plotts walked into the psychiatric unit. plotts's caseworker theresa hunt and lee silverman were in an office when an argument erupted. >> a worker con firmd he heard loud arguing going on. they came in and they actually opened the door and saw him pointing a gun at the doctor. >> worker shut the door and call police. seconds later, there was gunfire. detectives believed plotts shot dr. silberman very man in the head it was a grays wound and the doctor pulled his own gunfireing several times hitting plotts in the torso twice and once in the arm. when the gunfire was over, theresa hunt was dead and plotts was critically inj

lou: henry cuellar, congressman from texas. the obama administration claiming he can't turn over e-mail because a hard drive has crashed and thursday are as claimed responsible for the person at the heart of the tea party targeting scandal and lois lerner now in an astonishing coincidence, the federal election commission says that it recycled this at the fec april sam's, like lois lerner, sam's is under investigation for violating the hatch act, which prohibits employees from engaging in other political activity while on duty in the republican investigators have uncovered some of these already. to give you a sense of her partisanship, one of them reads here every single republican ever, when will you learn that barack hussein he is smarter than you. hash tag obama 2012. forced to resign in april after admitting to resign in to the hatch act, she says the hard drive of her computer had been recycled and the investigation is continuing. we will be talking with congressman steve stockman in the broadcast, stay right with us. lou:

. >>> "action news" reporter sharrie williams and dann cuellar are covering different angles of thislets go to sharrie first in the satellite center. sharrie, you have been talking to aviation experts, what have they been saying. >> reporter: jim, we have spoke to several experts who cover aviation, politics, and also terrorism, three areas that can the not be ignored in this catastrophic event and this level of loss of life. well, tonight they will weigh in on the flight path taken by this jet liner and also, they expand and say why we now must pay more attention to that region. fragments of million layer a airlines flight 17 remains skat nerd eastern ukraine and so dot remains of the 298 people who were on board. flying from amsterdam to qualify alum per the triple seven flew over an area of ukraine teaming with tension. >> you would have thought that the international airlines would have a avoided that route. >> reporter: in the past week ukraine separatist who want to be a part of russia have shot down two other aircraft, a cargo plane and a fighter jet that belong to ukraine. ma

let's start by trying to figuring out the status of the cornyn/cuellar bill. the white house has been sending signals that it would like to see, or at least wouldn't mind seeing that 2008 law about how to deal with children coming across the border. it wouldn't mind seeing that changed. am i right to read this as the white house seeing an opportunity here to get republican buy-in on this $3.7 billion that the white house wants, and to get that buy-in by basically saying we're going to give you this on border security? they won't say it officially, but is that what's going on here? >> i think it is, steve. you know, there's a lot of nebulous territory here in washington these days because you really aren't getting people to just come forward and say this is how i think we need to be acting, and that goes for the republicans in the house, it goes for the white house. we're not seeing if they are indeed willing to say this proposal -- by the way, there's still no language, specific language on that proposal that i know of. i'd love to see it. what exactly -- when

congressman cuellar, i want to start with you. your district has 200 miles of that border with mexico. the white house said the flow of children crossing the border illegally has dropped dramatically in the last couple of weeks. has the worst of this passed? >> we don't know. it's slowed down. we don't know if it's because of the work we have been doing with mexico and central america. or that it's seasonal. you're hitting the 100-plus degree weather right now. if you look at the history of people coming across, there are peaks and there are lows. >> and, you know, we have this situation, regardless, even if the flow has cut down. they're still coming over. we don't have anywhere to put the tens of thousands of kids that have crossed over and their families. senator cornyn. congress has five days until you're about to go on a five-week recess. can you really leave town without addressing this issue? >> it seems like the house of representatives is going to move a piece of legislation this week that will offer a solution. it will i

henry cuellar, "todas las protecciones se van a respetar, pero para mí es mejor que un niño no espereuna audiencia que se haga más rápidamente" el proyecto de ley plantea que los niÑos inmigrantes que quieran permanecer en el pas hagan su peticin en un plazo de siete das y que los jueces no tarden ms de 72 horas en decidir su futuro. el caucus hispano del congreso rechaz la iniciativa. s/ cong. luis gutiérrez "nada para justicia para nuestros inmigrantes y más legislación que golpea y amenaza a quitarle derechos a nuestra comunidad" pero sus autores afirmaron que la medida mejorara la actual ley de reautorizacin de proteccin de 2008, que estipula la deportacin inmediata de niÑos mexicanos y canadienses. bajo esta propuesta todos los menores, independienteme nte de donde provengan, seran tratados y repatriados de la misma manera. por su parte, los congresistas republicanos se preparan para hacer sus propias recomendaciones. s/ cong. john boehner "espero tener respuestas para finales de esta semana", dijo hoy el presidente de la cmara baja. desde ya se habla de que su propuesta incluir

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dann cuellar is live at the scene. what is the latest there? >> reporter: philadelphia police are gathering evidence here on the scene and what parents describe as a crazy scene at the simons rec center. around 4:45 this afternoon, the 14th district police received reports of gunshots at the rec center playground and they found two men had been shot, an 18 shot in the groin and he is in critical at einstein and a 19-year-old was also shot in the thigh, is he in stable condition at einstein. two gunmen are being sought and they found at least 11 bullet cases from two semi automatic weapons on the scene. concerned parents rushed to get their kids. >> we know at the teem of the shooting at 4:45 in the afternoon, the simons playground had 30 people on the playground. and there were adults playing basketball and young, tender age children with young parents on the playground. >> i got a phone call saying come pick your kid up, they are shooting at the rec center. it's a shame that the kids can't play safely. >> become here live at the scene, investi

dann cuellar has the latest. >>> in jenkintown, ukrainian philadelphia radio began its weekly program with the ukrainian national anthem blaming russia for the downing of the jet liner and vowing to fight for freedom. >> in case ukraine would plan to return the peninsula crime mia. the ukraine army readies itself. >> reporter: among the ukrainian americans we spoke with, it is no doubt that pro russian soldiers are to blame for the downing of the flight. >> they are vicious. they are not good neighbors at all. >> reporter: but among russians. >> the russians will believe it is ukrainians. >> i don't believable its like accident. >> reporter: but then there was william gamble. >> who do you think shot the plane down? 18omeeocay sis rnllar, cas of mt stoceas dni mh17pean place beeeghrs ofts dindee a cspital w haveeenll began. aft "m thithilere'hendcntion e rrford ismo> ing delaware sent one man to the hospital. the action cam with a was on the scene in wilmington last night. police say the victim suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper body. there's no update on that man's conditio

live at central detectives is reporter dann cuellar, what is the latest here? >> reporter: jim, detectives from central detectives is conducting infernal affairs investigation. the police were investigating a shooting and got involved in a shooting themselveses. >> "action news" was there when one of the alleged gunmen was taken into custody. it began before 4:00 on the 1100 block of paige at the strawberry mansion section. the man had been shot four times and was rushed to pennsylvania hospital. >> about a half hour later, we received information that the shooter from the job ran into the house two blocks away. they rushed to the 3200 block of paige and surrounded the house in question to prevent anyone from fleeing the scene. that is when one of the alleged gunmen left the house, he pointed the gun at police and police discharged it at this individual striking them one time at the abdominal area. at last report was undergoing surgery. the 22nd district officer involved turned his weapon over to supervisor and they counted the remaining bulletses in the clip a

. >>> philadelphia has strong russian and ukraine community, and "action news" reporter dann cuellar has been in touch with both tonight, and dann is now live on the ben franklin parkway, dann? >> reporter: jim, both russian and ukraine americans see the downing of the jet liner as a terrible tragedy. that much both sides agree on but incident has quickly become, a conflict between russia and ukraine with some on each side, blaming the other for what happened. >> ♪ >> reporter: tonight in jenkintown ukrainian philadelphia radio began its weekly program with the ukraine national anthem blaming russia for downing of the malaysia yet liner and vowing to fight for freedom. >> russia threatens ukraine with nuclear war in case ukraine would plan to return the peninsula crimea. the ukrainian army readies itself for the lasso fence i have against the next separatist. >> reporter: among number of ukraine americans we spoke with their is in doubt pro russian ukraine rebels and or russian soldiers for blame for downing of the million ways a airways flight 17. >> they are vicious. they are not o

at police headquarters, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news."" >> thank you, dap. let's switch live to "action news" reporter kenneth moton in tioga kenneth police are quick to say they got a lot of help making these arrests. >>> jim, of course, we're in a time there's a stigma about speaking out to police. and in some areas. as we look that large memorial we know that stigma does not exist here and where so many wanted to get the carjackers off the streets. >> backup, backup. >> two men may be behind bars german thoun and allegheny areas in tioga. the fact remains three children are gone and so many come from all over the city to remember them. >> them being behind bars eased by pain from what happened. but my pain -- my heart is still broken. >> we have three young people dead and city beingly injured individuals based on senseless act and we have to make sure it never happens again. >> witnesses and others who saw the aftermath of the crash cannot help to think about the victims in the grass friday is what drove them to speak up. >> you had to do smxingt you cou

live at police headquarters, dann cuellar, "channel 6 action news." monica. >> thank you, dann. stay with "action news" as we follow the investigation around the clock right now at 6abc.com we have photos and videos from the scene of the crash and whereas we learned about the victims and we'll post updates as the story develops. >> a little girl is treated at children's hospital now after falling from a second story window. it happened about two hours ago going in philadelphia's mantua section in the 3800 block of brandywine streetch the 5-year-old child fell more than 10 feet to the ground. she is expected to recover. >>> the family of that victim in the deadly hospital shooting in delaware county is speaking exclusively to "action news" tonight. the brother of caseworker shot by a mental patient talked lovingly of the -- >> more. >> dennis hunt is trying to come to grips with sister's murder. he said she gave much of her life to helping others including the man accused of gunning her down. >> i'm kind of angry the gentleman did it i want to know why. >> dennis hunt's little si

"action news" reporter dann cuellar has that story. >> reporter: frantic parents rush to the simon's recreational center at 1600 east walnut after learning of the shooting. >> i just got a phone call saying that i'm picking my kids up because is there a shooting. >> reporter: police say play ground was crowded with kids when a shooting broke out at 4:45. fourteenth district officers would arrive moments later to learn that two young men had been shot and an 18 year-old in the groin, and listed in critical at einstein medical center. a 19 year-old shot in the thigh. he is in stable, also in einstein. >> in doubt, about 20 to 30 teenagers, young adults playing basketball on the basketball court. they were very young tender aged children with young parents on the playground. >> reporter: worried parent came looking for their kids, although they were relieved to learn that in kid was hurt after 11 shots were fired from to second separate semiautomatic weapons. they were upset about anyone in their right mind, bringing and firing guns at the a play ground. >> it is a sad thing, it is very

henry cuellar joins me now. that comment struck me as hyperbole. what kind of point are you trying to make? >> the point is, there is a real humanitarian crisis at the border. the last month we had about 48,000 people that crossed the border into texas that border patrol detained. 9,700 of them were kids with no parents. and that's the humanitarian crisis. when you see young kids hungry, scared. it's a humanitarian crisis that we need to address. >> and i think everyone agrees on that point. it is a humanitarian crisis that needs to be addressed. the debate in washington, political circles has centered on whether the president will show up physically in the space to look at the border as opposed to what the actual solution for the problem is. >> you know, certainly the president already made a decision, he's not going to visit the border at this time, but i certainly hope that at some time in the future, he does visit the border. again, you have to see the young kids. i visited the facilities where they're at, and when you see young girls and boys

if i can ask congressman gutierrez, if congressman cuellar's bill to reverse that 2008 law, which would mandate basically that undocumented children are treated from guatemala and honduras and el salvador are treated the same way undocumented children from mexico are and are sent back immediately to their country of origin, would you support that legislation sponsored by a fellow democrat? >> no, i would not support that legislation. a long established position, you have the fluoresce reynos decision that begins homeland security in 2008. it's the law of the land. reasonable people in reasonable times put that law. >> i have to hand it over. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >> next breaking news, the president confronts the border crisis in texas. we are waiting for the president of the united states to be speaking live in any second. plus all eyes

along the parkway in center city, dann cuellar channel 6 "action news." >> the coverage of the crash of malaysia airlines flight continues on the 6abc app. we'll alert you to the new developments as the story unfolds. you can download the app for free for your apple and android device. >>> a nasty wreck in new jersey sends four people to the hospital including two police officers. the action cam found two advance and patrol cars scattered across atlantic boulevard in ocean county. firefighters had to pull one of the officers from the cruiser. two other people were hurt, there's no word on any of the victims' conditions or who caused the crash. >>> new jersey state police are investigating a crash involving a fire truck it happened on route 676 near the morgan boulevard exit. the ladder truck was responding to a call when it collided with the car. no firefighters were hurt. the truck had it's warning lights and siren on at the time of the accident. >>> a fast-moving fire kills two women in atlantic city. the two-alarm blaze started last night at an apartment building on preserve dense

in radnor township i'm dann cuellar for channel six "action news". >>> the south jersey woman police say is seen on this video beating up a former co-worker is out of jail tonight. le tea harris bonded out of the salem county jail just after midnight. police say harris repeatedly punched and kick her mcdonald's co-worker while that co-worker's two-year old son tried to fight her off. the 25 year-old harris surrendered on assault charges, last month. >>> camden county police are asking for your help to take a good look at this new surveillance video that they released this evening. it the shows the the white van suspect in a deadly hit and run, this past weekend. thirty-nine year-old alfredo trayjo was struck on north 27th street near high street at camden around 9:20 saturday night. he died in the hospital yesterday. now detectives hope someone knows who was driving this light van, believed to be a 1983 to 1991 ford van and can contact them hopefully with a tip. >>> a mixed verdict in the philadelphia traffic court ticket fixing trial has some judges celebrating tonight, and others v

republican senator john cornyn and democratic representative, henry cuellar, want to get rid of that hearing, except in certain cases. >> we are trying to find a solution and we are trying to roll up our sleeves and basically, you know, how do we stem the wave of humanity that's coming over to the u.s. and how do we make sure that we treat the kids with care, but at the same time, stem this wave coming in? >> we want to make sure all these -- all unaccompanied children are treated exactly the same, the children from central america are treated the same way as kids coming over from mexico and canada, make sure if they do have a colorable claim to some immigration relief, say asylum, the victim of human trafficking, they have the opportunity if they wanted to present that to a judge, an immigration judge on a timely basis. >>> ahead in the newsroom, i will talk with representative cuellar about the bill he is proposing. that's about 90 minutes from now, right here in the newsroom. as you might expect that bill has an uphill battle in both the house and the senate. >>> in 12 days, lawma

henry cuellar from texas. with us. >>> this morning a group of religious leaders is back from the border they visited a facility housing hundreds of kids. one local bishop said things are getting better. >> here they have a little more room. before they had to sit in rows. here they have more space. it's a humane way to receive them as they go through the government processing which is part of the reality. >>> just back from his trip to facility in texas. the president of the southern baptist ethics commission. thank you for being with us. i was fascinated by the tweets you put up yesterday. quote, saddest thing i've heard today. 7-year-old el salvadorian kid said i have no family. is that basically sum up what the kids are saying? >> it does sum that up. and the saddest thing, to me, not simply the words the child was speaking, but also, the attitude that he seemed to have. it was a sense of hopelessness. he answered as if to say of course i have no family. and talking to other children, we would ask why are

now the majority leader may not himself particularly like the legislation that congressman cuellar and i have introduced, but if he doesn't like that, doesn't it make sense that he would offer something different, something he thinks maybe would be a better solution? i'd be glad to take a look at it. but if you don't like our plan, fine. but i would ask where is your plan? because if you don't offer one and if you block a vote on sensible reforms, all you're doing is guaranteeing that the current border crisis will continue. again, i'd urge the president and the majority leader to come down to south texas, like so many of our other colleagues have done, and take a look for themselves. the very least they could do is say thank you to the border patrol and other federal officers like fema who are trying to deal with this crisis. unless we take action here in washington, the problem is only going to get worse. mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nevada. mr. heller: i rise to discuss the bring jobs home act. at a time when was

as you said, democrat henry cuellar who represents a district on the border with mexico, he says thatresident has been one step behind in dealing with this crisis. here is what he had to say. >> maybe nice for him to come down to the border, but, again, i think he still is one step behind. they knew this was happening a year ago. last year. and, again, they're just -- they're not reacting fast enough at this time. >> as you said, president obama is headed to texas later on this week. he's scheduled to have an event on the economy and do some fund-raising, but at this point, no plans for a trip to the border. meanwhile, we should also point out the u.s. customs and border protection agency they are putting out an ad campaign and if you have the video, look at this, it is pretty startling stuff. one ad that is going to be run in guatemala shows a young teenager lying dead or unconscious in the desert. the kid is played by an actor, of course, but really want to show the dangers to these teenagers in central america who are thinking about making this trek to the united states. the white

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and that representative cuellar is not to suggest that democrats aren't defending him. some are. >> reporter: there are. and there are many democrats on the hill saying look, this is not a question of an open border and securing it. they say in this case, these children are arriving and they want to be apprehended. they're not trying to sneak into the border. and that's why democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee says it's not the president's fault. listen. >> it's almost like the crisis in syria generated this enormous crisis on the border of jordan. it certainly doesn't equal what we're doing, but that's what happened. i don't think in any way you can fault the administration for this. >> reporter: and that's why the democrats who are defending the president saying he needs this $3.7 billion emergency request to be approved quickly, shep. >> ed henry for us from dallas, thanks very much. >>> we're learning the names of american -- i should say of the americans that our government reportedly kept tabs on using surveillan surveillance methods the feds claim they use

. >> democratic congressman henry cuellar of texas joins me now. thank you so much for being on the program. >> thank you. >> that's a serious charge, what are the biggest mistake that you believe the white house has made, and how many are you speaking for on the caucus? nancy pelosi seemed to say you were on an island. >> the island i live is called the border. the border has been neglected by not only -- not only by the president, but quis honestly by other folks. we need to realize that the borders is a community, a lot of churches, nonprofits are working so hard to give the few little resources to help those immigrants that are coming across. again, i think every president, when there's a crisis, you know, he said it's not a photo op. well, what he does in colorado, that was a photo op. what i think we need to do is we know the president already left texas, maybe the door -- and i certainly left him the invitation to go another time, but i will fight for the border, i will fight for my communities. if anybody wants to criticize me for doing tha

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congressman henry cuellar represents a border district in texas, did not mince words, all over cnn, had a lot to say about the president's choice not to visit the border during this texas fund-raising trip. >> words are important. but it's the actions i want to see. this didn't just happen last night. he's asking for an emergency. if he looks at it, this has been going on for one year or two years. why is he calling this emergency funding? look, if he's afraid if he goes down to the border, and he's going to own this situation, let me tell you, he can't hide from this. he had time, with all due respect, to have a beer, play pool like he did in colorado last night, then i think after the fund-raisers, then i think he should make time to go down there. >> that was congressman cuellar on cnn, okay? fast forward to when this democratic congressman was on fox news. he said that the white house contacted him and basically said to him, cool it. >> a lot of times his administration gets angry when his party speaks up and speaks out. ask cory booker about that. have you gotten that call? >> yes,

well appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> congress cuellar from texas there. thousands of undocumented immigrants will pass through the rio grande on their way to the united states. this is the epicenter of the immigration crisis being visited by everyone except as you heard the president. alina machado is live at the rio grande river in mission, texas. alina, tell us what's going on where you are and also about this problem that is just escalating. >> well, brianna, we are in the middle of this immigration crisis, right on the rio grande. on one side you have the mexican border. on the other side of the river where we you have the u.s. tens of thousands of children are expected to be crossing the border into the u.s. this year, most of them from central america from honduras, from guatemala, el salvador and once they get here, they end up under the care of faith-based organizations while they figure out their legal status, their legal situation here, and many of these organizations are really starting to get taxed and there is concern right now about how long