cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >>> meanwhile, the president is praising kiersten neilson sayingestions about his zero-tolerance policy. >> but she was heckled last night as she dined at a mexican restaurant in d.c. protesters from democratic socialists of america blasting her for defending the policy. >> shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame, shame! >> so again, neilson picked a mexican restaurant during all of this to dine in d.c. the homeland security spokesman tweeted that neilson has been working with congress for months to find a solution, and he invited the protesters to ask lawmakers to close the legal loopholes. i can tell you that restaurant, mxdc, is really, really good. not like just on taco tuesday good. they have a lobster corn guacamole. i can understand anybody wanting to go there, no matter what sort of pressure you might get. >> i see. now we know where to get the best guacamole in d.c. according to kendis gibson. >> lobster corn guacamole. >>> and the united states is the first to ever voluntarily withdraw from the u.n. human rights council. nikki haley anno

. >> reporter: dhs secretary kiersten neilson offered no apologies. >> we have some of the highest standardsthe country. claiming these parents and their children are treated inhumanely is not true. >> reporter: as the fight rages on and policymakers at odds, it is the experience of those children that is of greatest concern. i'm marcus moore in mcallen, texas. >> and you have no doubt that will come up a little bit later on today when the president heads to capitol hill to meet with house republicans as they consider two new immigration bills this week. senator cruz aims to introduce two bills. senator john mccain is among republicans blasting the policy, calling it affront to the decency of american people. >> and bill nelson is slamming the policy as inhumane. he will get a look at a shelter for migrant children in his home state. he will meet with federal officials to tour the facility in homestead which houses about 1,000 children stopped at this border. >>> and it's the photo that has become a symbol of the crisis at the border. >> the photo of a 2-year-old girl was taken a week ago by

>>omeland securityecretary kiersten neilson faced protesters while she ate dinner. this is after they hold back f troom the border in opposition to the zero tolerance policy. >> news 4's justin finch is live s.th deta justin? >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. for so many the crisis ahe border has been too much to take. the sights, sounds, coming out of there. we can tell you at this time there are calls for action from bothll parties on capitol o do something. add that to the growing pressure from the public to take actio and now w have our local governors who are sounding off. we got this yesterdnay o twitter from maryland governor larry hogan who is a republic. he is saying this, until this policy of separating children from their families, maryland will noteploy any national ard crews to the border. hours later virginia governor ralph northam signed in and he is a democrat. he's recalling four national guard helicopters and one from another boarder area. back out wide, we can tell youg rnor northam did say once the policy is phased out he will return those a