now a mostly female delegation led by san mateo congresswoman jackie spear hopes to continue the pressure on the trump administration. >> reporter: nearly 2,000 children have been taken away from their families since april when the trump administration announced a new zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration. >> it is in many cases illegal and in all cases inhumane. you do not separate children from their parents. >> reporter: california congresswoman jackie spear wants to see first hand what's happening in the detention camps. images leased by the department of homeland security of chain link cages are fueling outrage among democrats and republicans. heartbreaking audio from propublica captures crying children, asking for their parents. former first lady laura bush calls it cruel, but san francisco republican leader howard epstein believes the forced separation is a necessary evil. >> i really wish there was another way to do this, but it's necessary. you can't keep having people come into the country illegally. >> reporter: president trump continues to blame lawmakers on the other s

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bay area congress woman jackie spear approached the company with the idea, tomorrow, spear plans to travelthe border to deliver clothes and speak to the families in person. >> the bill bored was changed from we make junk disappear, to we make kids disappear, ice. it went up and was changed in the dark, nobody saw it happening. they say it's in the response of the policy to separate young children from their families at the u.s. border. >>> the ghost ship fire case investigators say that prosecutors offered the difficul defendant a deal and he turned it down. . he would have received a prison sentence of 18 years with the possibility of parole in ten. the trial for he and his co-defendant is scheduled to start july 16th. they are both facing manslaughter connected to the fire in 2016. >> there are protests in east pittsburgh, pennsylvania tonight. two days after a police officer shot and killed an unarmed teen anyoner. >> if we don't -- an unarmed teenager. >> if we don't stand for something we will fall for anything. >> the video posted to facebook shows officer michael rossfield firing th

let's bring in congresswoman jackie spear oflifornia.en the house intelligence and armed services committees. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> do you believe these new images should have the trump administration questioning how kim jong-un views that agreement he signed for complete denuclearization? >> it's always been clear to most people i think in the intelligence community, and i'm sure it was conveyed to the president, that kim was not an honest broker. and i think what's happened here is that the president got so enamored by the red carpet that he got rolled by kim. we should be hearing from the president. he should be castigating the actions taken, because this is a direct assault on the agreement, and a slap at americans. this is kim having a good old time at our expense. >> we've heard the word from moscow today that president trump will hold a summit with russian president vladamir putin next month, exact date will be announced tomorrow. the president's national security adviser john bolton is in moscow, m

as jackie spear.ou know representative, this delegation is down there for the day. they have a full, full schedule. you were listening to what was said. there was also the commentary made and this is the piece of news right because getting eyes inside those detention centers is so important and what was being said by the representatives there is that they saw a group of girls that were huddled under the mylar blankets on this morning, it fws 11:23. what are you hearing in southern california where there are also shelters that are assisting with children, both boys and girls? >> well, just the same type of outrage. so people in los angeles are very concerned. there is apparently over 100 children in the l.a. area and we're looking to see where they are housed now and what conditions that they are in but my real fear of all of this is that there is absolutely nothing in place to reunite these parents with their children and i believe that many of these parents and children might never be reunited. if th

they were inspired by congresswoman jackie spears' decision to visit the border detention facilities. demonstrators put themselves in harm's way trying to stop a bus filled with what they say were migrant families and children abut to be moved. >> they are in cells, and they are in cages. the first place we visited had nothing on the floors, they were small children, many of them under the age of 5, who were segregated from their parents and were crying. >> reporter: earlier in the day, 25 democratic members of congress came to mccallen, texas, to investigate the housing facilities with children separated from their undocumented parents. >> happy people -- >> reporter: trump reversed his stance on separating families with an executive order, but the fate of thousands of undocumented children is still not known. >> frankly, we want to go in that building and hug those children. but we know that that's not possible. >> reporter: we travelled with lily ray and her bay area humanitarian group. they raised 1,000 pounds of sloeths and toys to don't -- clothes and toys to donate to migrant c

bay area congresswoman jackie spear was among a delegation to tour a facile ti in mcallen, texas, and she says that the conditions there are deplorable. >> this is not the way that we treat people seeking asylum in this country. >> so far 522 children have been reunited with their parents. the government says more than 2,000 children are in custody. >>> and not now and not ever as there is a rally to protest detention centers in the east bay. the detention center was at the naval station, and with a confidential memo, the navy was to build a camp to house migrant, and this is catching the report. >>> this woman does not want to let a little girl sell water, and she is calling police on an 8-year-old little girl. >> a san francisco woman allegedly calls police on a young african-american girl selling water near the at&t park. and demanding to to see the permit, and now video of that encounter that you are watching right now has gone viral with the social media using calling the woman permitpatty. and now, we have a live report from san francisco with new developments in what some are c

. >> reporter: after jackie spear says they will provide dna kits to help children who were split up at the border. in the courtyard of nobhill cathedral, representatives from all faith -- fates gathered to pray for families separated at the border. >> we heard the children crying and everything in us cries out to make it stop. >> reporter: first lady melania trump made a surprise visit to a facility holding children who migrated to the u.s. by themselves and a few who were split up from their parents. the first lady tour was nearly overshadowed by her $39 jacket which she took off before touring the facility that read "i really don't care, do you?" the president contradicted the assertion tweeting that the jacket "refers to the fake news media." melania has learned how dishonest they are and she truly no longer cares. the day after esprt idendonald trump signed an executive order ending the policy separating children from their parents at the border, the debate over what to do with immigration n ,l radegecided cd apitto hisend to the u.s. that young girl was me. i was welcomed here

congresswoman jackie spear led a cong congregation. >> the legislators were outraged at what they witnessed. >> reporter: this group of lawmakers is going back to washington, d.c. with images they cannot forget after touring a detention facility in tex. that's where undocumented children are being held. >> the first place that we visited had nothing on the floors. they were -- they were small children, many of them under the age of 5 who are segregated from their parents and were crying. >> i have called for the united nations to send observers here. child abuse is a violation of human rights. >> reporter: we went to a bus station near the detention center where we found several people who had been detained for three days and then released because they had a family member or friend to help them. they gave themselves up to the border patrol after long horrible journeys from central america. did you get to stay with your son? >> translator: thank god the new law was in place because if not we would have been separated. >> reporter: the 21-year-old made the journey from hawn during with her to

testing company 23 and me will provide dna kits help reunite migrant families who have been sepa jackie spear approached the company with the idea and today, they tweeted we would welcome any opportunity to help. >>> a mother is behind bars after authorities say she left her baby in a car for more than 10 hours. the baby died. alexandria ravens goddess is being held without bail. investigators say she went to a friends house and left her 18- month-old baby in the car. when she saw the child was in need of medical help she had a friend take her to the hospital but it was too late. she is charged with willfully allowing a child to suffer great bodily injury or death. >>> a report from the santa clara stadium authority shows stadium have mixed feelings about the controversial curfew. curfew for concerts and special events has created friction in the community. the new report finds 50% of santa clara residents supported, 25% are opposed and another 25% say they are neutral. the feedback shows many are frustrated by traffic jams, lack of parking, and disruptive behavior during events. >> most of t

. >> this friday in texas, peninsula congresswoman jackie spear will see conditions for herself with 19 other lawmakers. >> it is in many cases illegal and in all cases inhumane. you do not separate children from their parents. >> several gop lawmakers also want to end the policy. texas senator ted cruz says he's introducing emergency legislation to keep migrant families together. >> and tonight local church and immigration leaders spoke with abc7 news reporter amanda del ka ci -- castillo. she's live with the story. amanda? >> reporter: they spoke out calling the policy unamerican, unchristian, and inhumane. those are powerful words that a lot of people are agreeing with, especially after hearing that heart breaking audio of the children calling out for their families. >> to use children as a pawn in a game of economics and trade policies is immoral and unethical and it defeats what we stand for as a country. >> reporter: a country that is actively prosecuting adults crossing its borders illegally, a practice that is being felt and feared in places like san jose, santa teresa cathol

. >> reporter: later this week jackie spear plans to go visit the children. she will lead more than 20 other congress women to get a look at the facilities. because of a policy change their parents have been arrested on criminal charges for crossing the border. >> we have got to shine the brightest spotlight on this absolutely horrible policy. >> reporter: senator harris went on cnn and called for the homeland secretary to resign. >> it's a moral and unnecessary and wrong and it's got to stop. clearly she doesn't see the ed foit to s >> reporter: nancy pelosi wants the president to call off the new policy. >> the president says i didn't do it. you did do it. you did it to the dreamers and now you are doing it to the children. >> this is unamerican. it's like spitting in the face of god. >> reporter: another congresswoman said her mother was accidentally separated from her parents on ellis island and never quite got over it. >> it was traumatizing. that haunted her the rest of her life. >> reporter: she will be among that delegation that will go to texas on fr

. >> jackie spears says the children were supposed to start being reunited last night.the department of health and human services formed a new task force to tackle the challenge. but lawmakers say it is slow and confusing. >> i think these children have been sent off. they may have a number but when they go through the department of health and human services, they get a different number. >> 25 members of congress spoke out near mcallen texas. barbara lee was there. >> this process, is such a dehumanizing process. these children are going to be traumatized. this is part of the trumpet ministration's issue here. they are in cells and in cages. >> one immigration lawyer says she sees no movement from the government when it comes to reunifying families. >> the government is not making an effort to do that. efforts to reunite children and reconnect them are being done agencies like ours. most parents are still in the criminal process. >> customs and border protection say they're going to expedite the reunification of families but the agency does not have that type of infrast

one of them was congresswoman jackie spear. listen to what she said. >> in terms of reunification i have zero understanding that anyone has been reunited with their parents. i think these children have been sent off. they may have an a number when they go through the department of health and human services they get a different number. so the ability to match them i think becomes much more difficult. so i don't believe they have been reunified. you have got to show me proof. >> the u.s. president did weigh in on the immigration issue. he sited his immigration policy. >> president trump addressed the nevada republican convention on saturday where he was supposed to spend his time president trump touched on a number of unpopular choices to immigration. the speech came against the backdrop of national outrage. president trump though defiant against a wave of national outcry blaming congressional inaction and previous administrations for allowing the problem to get so bad. >> it's brutal. they want to do nothing. you know what's goi

i amalking about our hr 2358 introduced by ed brice and cosponsored by our own representative, jackie spear. ind the senatel 1050 was roduced by senator tommy duckworth last may. it has been sitting in their committee, respective committees, and we really want to urge them to move this on enefite so many of our b are disappearing from -- veterans are disappearing from world war ii and the three that came today earlier are all in their nineties and i am fortunate they were able to come. again, this is to urge congress to actually honor our veterans, our chinese-americans with congressional gold medal. so i want to thank congresswoman jackie. >> supervisor fewer: for not only sending her staff to press conference but sending our letter. she said that we have been in contact with her office. if it doesn't move forward this year, it will take this legislation and be the primary sponsor next time. hopefully there will be a next time. i want to thank my colleagues who on the board for cosponsoring. i hope i have yr support. >> thank you. supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank yo mam presi

. >> cherylgenics is traveling to the border a bay area delegation including jackie spear. they left this morning from san francisco international airport to go to texas. they are taking toys books and clothing to children detained. we will hear from cheryl at 6:30. new at 6:00, workers jus painted over grafty skruld on a landmark. someone wrote a message on the mount davidson cross they supported families operated and detained at the u.s. border. a private group maintains the 103 foot tall cross atop the highest peak. >> moving on, happening now, the trans march getting under way as part of san francisco's pride weekend. abc 7 news anchor dion lim is live at dolores park. from what i'm hearing things are decidedly different this year in terms of the tone. >> reporter: they are. you can hear and see behind me the march just gotten under way. and there are about 7,000 people expected. and of course those themes of love and inclusion and acceptance still exist. but there is a decidedly different message the participants want to make sure they are heard. it's nearly impossible

later this week jackie spear plans to do the same.d to take up two immigration bills drafted by republicans as early as this week. both are expected to address the issue of families being separated but neither has a good chance of passing. >> for more we turn to mark. >> this issue is becoming an emotional one in washington. >> you have crying children and of course that is emotional. the reasons become -- partisan, you have heard the administration say -- they have said that this policy is aimed at deterring parents from coming across the border because they see their children can be taken. they said there is no policy of separating children. they said the bible supports this policy. they say they don't want to do this because they have to do it because the democrats law. none of those things are true but they can't all be true. that is the reason that this is emotional in washington. >> how likely is that congress will fix this issue and come up with a resolution? >> i think ann hit it on the head. they could fix it but that republi

. >> reporter: the idea came last saturday after they heard jackie spear would be visiting a detention center. as her constituents they wanted to be there. >> we have amazon orders that are being delivered to the hotel and we will bring that with us to the central processing center. >> reporter: they get emotional thinking of children separated from their parents. while they will go inside any facilities, the donations are the next best thing. >> i was thinking about how many children are in those places with no one to pat their hair and make sure they know it is not an awful place to be. >> we can't imagine rejecting people, ripping families apart. my gosh, that is not who we are. >> the women will leave on various flights out of sfo. they will then head back here on saturday night. >>> our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com, you can find reporting on the front page. >>> new information from south san jose weren't police are investigating a homicide. family members tell us a victim was a father of three. c when court. ned about 1:30 pm we have been there all evening and we have more d

. >> jackie spear will lead a group to tour the detention facility. the house expected to take up two immigration bills crafted by republicans as early as this week. both are expected to address the issues of families being separated but neither has a good chance of passing because those measures could include money for a border wall and make legal immigration harder. >> thank you. >>> bay area congresswoman is also criticizing the trump administration's policy. she said that her mother was accidentally separated from her parents for several nights on ellis island and never got over it. >> it was traumatizing. that haunted her the rest of her life. >> and california senator > the president is making a ery push and said that he wants the military to branch out into space. >> i'm directing the department of defense and pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a space force as the 6th branch of the armed forces. that's a big statement. >> it would be the first new branch since 1947. supporter say that satellites are being threaten

all he's done is trade one form of child abuse for another. san mateo representative jackie speier (spearn mateothere's no plan to reunite these parents with their children. these 2300 children.... this is a disgrace. and it shows a moral deficit in this administration and in the president that has reached the highest levels in america's psych psyche and you have felt the outrage everywhere. > (ken)california senator kamala harris echoing many of the same sentiments.... saying....."trump's executive order does not fix this crisis. it gives no solution for the thousands of children who have been torn away from their families and remain separated." (ken) immigration rights advocates joined the chorus of lawmakers... saying don't be fooled... this is hardly a victory. (pam) kron 4's dan kerman is live in san francisco with more on what they're saying still needs to be done. dan? immigrant rights advocates are finding little comfort in the executive order just signed by the president. they say reuniting children with their mothers is hardly a solution when these families seeking asylum are st

jackie has been quite vocal. congresswoman spears speoke to s about 4r50leading a delegation. >> we are going to go to the processing center where the actual customs and border patrol can hold people for 72 hours. we are actually going to be writing in -- riding in one of these buses so it good for >> abc 7 news. >> stay with us here an news.com. we bring you the story of the crisis at the border. plan to an immigration detention camp. abc 7 news reporter is there live with more. >> reporter: the navy left concord more than a decade ago. it owns thousands of acres many. >> no local official had been informed about this. >> he says he was blind sided by news the u.s. navy is considering the weapons station as a possible detention center site to house up to 47,000 migrants. >> we are going fight it. we are not going to let this happen. >> others are also being looked at. abc news confirmed an internal navy document mentioned 233 million. >> this is not a solution. this is really evil policy. >> mark says he will fight the trump adminis