jacob soboroff, great to see you as always.s of investments in infrastructure improve things for folks that live in l.a. >> it's the question for folks who live in l.a., it's the question for folks who live all across the country, because often, geoff, people who live in the shadows of the infrastructure are not the ones who benefit from it at all. while the biden administration is going far beyond roads and bridges and tunnels and ports looking to create tens of millions of good-paying jobs for people all across this country, infrastructure and an increased quality of life don't always go hand in hand. watch this. after decades of talk and with our infrastructure still in peril, this spring president biden proposed a gigantic spending bill that radically redefined the term "beyond bridges and roads." you're looking at one of the most important infrastructure projects in the city of los angeles, and it occurred to me if you're scared of heights working in construction, it might not be for you. as exciting as this is, critical i

joining us now is nbc correspondent jacob soboroff. doing this work. this is a really heartfelt mission. >> there are people volunteering with seneca agencies, and there are employees of this group that are going out and paid by a contract with the u.s. government that was ordered by a federal judge who said that because of the severe mental trauma of families who went through separations endured that they were entitled to mental health services, therapy, and hundreds of them have yet to be located. because of covid, they weren't able to go door to door to find them until now. in san antonio, more than a year after beginning to track down separated families, a search that had been largely virtual is now physical. >> this car is going to take you all the way across country? >> pretty. >> sandra and these women all worked for them after the government offered health services because of what he called trauma. >> how is that possible? >> covid. >> what is it exactly you're doing? >> knocking on doors to see if we can find families. >> soci

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jacob soboroff is joining us now.t through former trump officials appearing on fox and whose fault the crisis is, and shock and outrage for how people are being treated at the border from former trump officials. >> i was there in el paso on friday, and she went there to put the focus on the fact that this is where the family separation started. a fair, safe, orderly and human immigration system, and they have a long way to go. some of those republican critiques are so disingenuous. after the first edition of the book came out, a source called and said that separation policy was going to be way worse than it ever looked. it could have been 100,000 children separated if you extram late out of 2018 as long as the administration wanted to go with what trump wanted to go. marjorie taylor-green wants to bring back the family separation policy. the policies, the restrictive ones, were done away with and the biden administration is trying to and they're facing challenges no doubt. >> how shameful to go on any news network, th

in el paso, here is nbc's jacob soboroff >> reporter: the vice president's first trip she visited thet this is certainly her first trip to el paso they say this is the place that the family separation policy began under the 2ru6r7 administration, and as the biden/harris administration trying to go to a -- they're making a difference where they want to take the system from here moving forward. that doesn't mean she's spared from criticism from both the right and the level, quite frankly, from the right because she chose to visit el paso, and not the rio grande valley, and of course she's making this after the former president trump announced he would make a trip at some point next week. progressives are encouraged by the rhetoric, the idea they want to reunite the families, but say they have a long way to go specifically to the international rule of asylum is not being respected. it is the biden administration trying to make a pivot, at least they say they're trying to, but you hear from a lot of people down here on the border that they have a long way to go. >> jacob, thank you. >>> t

joining us now is nbc's jacob soboroff with a look being done to unite separated families.you've written an entire book about persists even under the biden administration. >> no doubt about it. look, yesterday, watching vice president harris, it is very clear they came in office with lofty rhetoric, want people to believe they are creating a fair, humane immigration system and what they're realizing in practicality it's a lot more difficult doing that than just saying the right things on the campaign trail. that's catching up to this administration. that's one part of this. and the other part is what happened in the previous administration and what they're going to do about it. yesterday the biden administration said 2100 families remain separated from that the trump administration zero tolerance policy. hundreds of them remain unlocatable. we embedded with ngo, small group of folks going door-to-door on that search and this is what it looks like. in san antonio, more than a year after beginning to track down separated families, a search that had been largely virtual is now

. >> nbc news correspondent jacob soboroff, the auth ar author of "separate."vering this and you have your best-selling book documenting all of the missteps of the previous administration. what hope do you have now? >> andrea, they have a long way to go and the vice president is here for multiple reasons. one, of course, is that el paso is where the trump administration began their family separation policy and from a messaging perspective, they see this as an important place to come as they tried to establish in their words a fair and humane immigration process. republicans have criticized them and the vice president specifically for not going to the rio grand valley as part of the border and they're at a much higher level and you hear progressives and other democrats critizing the administration for not moving fast enough to get to that humane system including back that title 42 policy, the trump-era cdc order that is expelling people on the grounds of public health and putting them into danger if you talk to advocates and that still exists today. there is a l