you saw from ed lavandera's story there at least 300 children separated from their parents.s this a crisis? >> well, we're in moral crisis. first of all, we shouldn't be calling it a zero-tolerance policy. we should be calling it a swreezero humanity policy, zero common sense policy. this is -- it's terrible. listen, it's not illegal to flee for your life to another country. the united states actually led the world after people were trying to flee germany and were sent back to the ovens, the united states led the world to adopt a standard of human rights that says if you're running for your life you can seek asylum and the government has a right to make a determination. they can send you back if it's fake. but the idea you're going to criminally prosecute every single human being that shows up and as a result of that prosecution take away their children and incarcerate their children, too, there's not another country in this world that's doing this. and the obama administration did it in limited context with some people. this is something being done across the board in a who

ed lavandera has been speaking to some of those families. he joins us live from mcallen, texas. the number 2,000 but this isn't about a number. this is about children and families. >> the number is to capture the scope of what is going on. that's fascinating to think about that number just includes those separated between april 19th and may 31st. doesn't include the last two weeks. so that number is only expected to go up. and the trump administration has had to open up another temporary facility out in far west texas to house these children. one of the things the trump administration has been saying all along, especially attorney general jeff sessions is that they hope as news of this spreads through central america that this will serve as a deterrent. as we saw firsthand yesterday, that isn't necessarily the case. it's hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. the rio grande rolls by just beyond the tree line. and then just like that, they appear out of the brush. a small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. >> we just came acr

ed lavandera is there. next with the details. >>> we're getting a new look at the reality for a number of families separated at the border, specifically children taken from their parents as their parents await criminal proceedings for coming into this country as undocumented immigrants. look at this. this is video out of a detention center in texas. a former walmart superstar that is now holding 1400 immigrant children. we're also hearing from an undocumented mother, from honduras, she tells cnn authorities took her daughter from her while she was breast-feeding at one of those detention centers, federal authorities are disputing that claim, saying nothing could be further from the truth. ed lavandera is live for us in texas with more. what did you see and what are you hearing? >> reporter: good morning, poppy. at that particular facility that federal officials gave the news media a tour of, the numbers of minors inside that facility have jumped by 300 in the last month. that coincides with the trump admini

cnn's ed lavandera was there when that dramatic moment played out. so, ed what more do we know about these undocumented immigrants and what will happen to them? >> hi, fredricka. this scene we witnessed is just one of many that take place every day along the u.s. southern border, but it really points to the dramatic fashion with which things have changed here over the course of the last six weeks. along this southern border. and what happens to these children is very much up in the air. essentially the group we came across was two adults and four children. within that, there was actually three different groups. two mothers with their children and then that one boy traveling by himself. that boy ended up in a detention center. i was able to speak with his mother who said she had already spoken with him as well. what's unclear, we haven't been able to figure out, is what's going to happen with the two adult women and their children. those are the ones that have been kind of at the center of this controversy with the zero tolerance policy. and it's not

let's start with cnn correspondent ed lavandera who is near the border in texas and was on the scene as border patrol agents detained a group of children and a dultdults. ed. >> hi, fredricka. this is a scene that plays out repeatedly a long the border for weeks. but really takes on a much more poignant and dramatic scene. considering just how dramatic the changes here have been now that these detentions and how all of this is unfolding because of the trump administration's zero tolerance policy. you can take a look at what we witnessed yesterday. it's hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. the rio grande rolls by just beyond the tree line. and then, just like that, they appear out of the brush. a small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. we just came across this group of undocumented immigrants here in the town of mission, texas. two adults, four children, just finished crossing the rio grande here a little while ago. and now they're in the custody of border patrol. this group is made up of three different groups. they say them m

ed lavandera in mcallen, texas. what do you know? >> you know, chris, so much about this story we haven't seen. access to the detention shelters is limited and access to the undoenlted immigrants who are detained are more limited and a few hours ago i got a phone call from an immigrant inside of a detention center here in texas. >> the phone call came inside of the detention center and on the line an undocumented immigrant who asked not to identify her by name. she is from honduras and separated from her 9-year-old son after crossing illegally. >> i ask her how she is feeling? >> not good at all she said, it is a trauma we will never forget. all of the mothers are here and we never imagined this would happen. >> i asked her how she was separated. they betrayed us. told us they were not going to separate us and we never imagined it was going to be for so long. denied that immigrants have been mislead. >> there are things you can do to help with the children. from inside her texas law office, jody trying to find 22 children and represe

ed lavandera has been reporting on this. he's live in texas.ourtrooms now being flooded with mothers and fathers distraught. is that accurate? >> reporter: yeah, we've seen it here just few miles away from the border. this is the federal courthouse mind me. what has changed in the last month is in early may the trump administration decided to institute this zero tolerance policy that, anyone caught crossing the border into the united states would face the federal illegal entry misdemeanor charge. that didn't always happen over the course of the last 20 years for a variety of reasons. now every single person caught entering the country illegally comes here to this courtroom. because of that the fallout from this zero tolerance policy is that many of these cases families are being separated here at the border. and in some cases in very dramatic and very inhumane ways as critics have been pointing out to us here over the last few days. to give you a sense of what has ened, we spoke with a federal public defender questioned who described before the

ed lavandera, thank you. the trump administration is defending separating these families saying it's the law. >> because it's the law and that's what the law states. it's a moral policy to follow and enforce the law. these laws are the same that have been on the books for over a decade and the president is simply enforcing them. again, the laws are the ones that have been on the books for over a decade and the president is enforcing them. >> it's not a policy change to enforce the law. our administration has had the same position since we started on day one that we were going to enforce the law. we're a country of law and order and we're enforcing the law and protecting our borders. >> and here's the president. >> the democrats forced that law upon our nation. i hate it. i hate to see separation of parents and children. >> here's the thing though. there is no law that says parents and children must be separated at the border. it's a practice that the president says he hates but his nistration is choosing to e

. >> cnn correspondent ed lavandera spoke to one detained mother that is desperately trying to find hersenora. the phone call came from inside the port isabel detention center in south texas. on the line is an undocumented immigrant who asked that we not identify her by name. she's from honduras and was separated from her 9-year-old son 11 days ago after crossing the rio grande illegally. [ speaking foreign language ] i asked her how she's feeling. not good at all, she says, it's a trauma we will never forget. all of the mothers who are here as well as the kids. the truth is, we never imagined this would happen. i asked her how she was separated. they betrayed us, she said. they told us we weren't going to separate us from them and we never imagined it was going to be for so long. department of homeland security officials have vehemently denied that immigrants have been misled in anyway. >> there are things you can do specifically to help out with the children -- >> from inside her law office, jody goodwin is trying to find 22 children. she represents 25 undocumented immigrants who have

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ed lavandera, cnn, in texas. >>> visit follows several days of confusion over which plan the presidents going to support. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us live from washington with more that. any more clarity this morning? >> reporter: well, there is lots of focus on president trump's push for immigration reform this week, particularly after he stirred up that confusion on friday by saying he would not sign a compromised bill that his own white house actually helped negotiate. now white house officials later tried to clear things up by saying president trump misunderstood the question he was asked but it underscored the chaos that surrounded republican talks on immigration for months now. top trump aide kellyanne conway came out and defended trump saying the president has sent a clear message on immigration and once again blaming democrats for holding up progress on a bill. take a listen. >> the president, as he has wanted to do is try to bringing bring everybody together to come up with a common sense plan but he could not be more clear on his view of immigration is. t

ed lavandera is in mission, texas. ed, i know moments ago the department of homeland security confirmed that there are now 2,000 children who have been separated from their parents over this entire six-week period. you've been talking to some of them. tell me some of their stories. >> reporter: well, you know, yeah, this was -- actually, this is important to note here, this is the first time we've been able to get numbers as to where the numbers stand on this process. and this nearly 2,000 children separated from their family, from april 19th to may 31st. so this doesn't even take into account the numbers that have been added to that in the last two weeks. it will take some time to update that. but that's where we stand. and as -- it's havery difficulto speak directly to these people, because they have been or remain in custody, either through i.c.e. detention or throughout the immigration system, kind of a convoluted process here. so a lot of these people we haven't heard directly from. and we've heard a lot of storie

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ed lavandera, cnn, mission, texas. >>> the u.s. attorney general really likes the practice, though. jeff sessions pushed back against criticism of it and once again told families not to come to the united states illegally. >> if we have laws, and we do have laws, and congress has passed the immigration nationalization act, then they need to be enforced. and it's nothing wrong about that. and we need to tell the world, please don't come unlawfully. make your application. wait your turn. >> there's a lot of nuance here to talk about. the legal storm whirling around the u.s. president just got a bit more ominous. his former campaign chair paul manafort right now is getting used to a jail cell and his longtime personal attorney and so-called fixer michael cohen is weighing his options on cooperate with investigators. let's start with paul manafort. now he arrived at a jail in virginia on friday evening. once the head of a winning presidential campaign, he is now known as inmate number 45343 and his cell is listed in the vip unit. jessica schneider explains more for us. >> reporter: a fe

ed lavandera knows all too well because he's been talking to some of these families. he's live for us from mccallen, texas. talk about what you're learning there from the folks who are trying to get to the border or are crossing and what's happening once they get across. >> reporter: one of the things that the trump administration has said since this zero-tolerance policy was unveiled in early may is that they had hoped it would serve as a deterrent as news of this spread through central america and mexico where most of the immigrants are coming from, that that would stop them and convince them not to come. as we found, that's not the case. it's hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. the rio grande rolls by just beyond the treeline. then just like that, they appear out of the brush, a small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. we just came across this group of undocumented immigrants in mission, texas. two adults, four children just finished crossing the rio graends a while ago. now they're -- grande a while ago. no

cnn's ed lavandera is exas tonight. ed? >> hi, don.king about is one of the dramatic stories we have heard here over the last few days in mcallen, texas, where we have been reporting on this, the policy of the trump administration, the zero tolerance policy. according to an attorney with the civil rights of texas who talked to one of these women several ys, told the attorney at her young child was taken away from her as she was breast-feeding that child inside a detention facility. and then, when she resisted she was then handcuffed and the child was taken away. this coupled with other stories we've heard from public defenders and immigrant rights activists who says families feel like in many cases that you wer children were going to be taken away so that they can get cleanedp only to find out that they were taken to different facilities. we have heard a number of these stories. officials border protecttells u of these stories are true, that they are unsubsted legations at this point. but nonetheless, we have heard this from a number o

. -- ed lavandera is at the u.s.-mexico border in texas. here's his firsthand look. >> reporter: it's hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. the rio grande rolls by beyond the treeline. then just like that, they appear out of the brush, a small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. we just came across this group of undocumented immigrants in mission, texas. two adults, four children just finished crossing the rio grande here a while ago. now they're in the custody of border patrol. the group is made up of three different groups. they say they met along the journey from honduras and decide ed to enter the united states toward. border patrol gives them water and they wait for a vehicle to take them to a border patrol station. there's jonathan arielle, 11-years-old. he says he left honduras with cousins, but they abandoned him along the way. he says his mother lives in virginia and told him not to make the journey alone. but now he's here. "i told her i wanted to come," he says, "but she said

ed lavandera is in mcallen, texas. >> reporter: dave and christine, more backlash of the details emerginge zero tolerance policy which ends up with more children separated from families. an attorney for the texas civil rights project says that one woman, an undocumented immigrant, had her baby taken from her while breast feeding in a detention center. when she resisted, she was handcuffed. an agent said these are nothing from the truth. many activists and public defenders are saying these undocumented migrants are sharing stories into duped of the children separated from them and whisked away to other detention facilities. a lot of customs and trump administration officials defending what is going on. strau trump administration officials say this is part of the process of restoring law and order to the immigration process here along the southern border and they hope this serves as a de r detering factor. dave and christine. >> ed, thank you. >>> apple is making it harder for law enforcement to break into iphones. that is likely to reignite tensions with apple and the federal government. w

. >> ed lavandera is live from mcallen texas.ast feeding her child and the border customs guys tried taking that child away from her and you've met a number of these folks trying to cross over. tell me some of their stories. >> there have been a number of fors. the way it plays out is once these people either turn themselves in to immigration thorities here along the southern border or are captured crossing the rio grand, they're referred to the department of justice and bussed into the federal c here. in the last few weeks they've been filled with hundreds of people faced with the zero tolerance policy and they are there threatening to charge them with the crime of illegal entry. here they say families have been split up here and that overwhelming sense of a real dramatic change here, brooke. some of the stories from attorneys who talked to people, one woman yesterday who talked to an attorney who said her child was taken away from her at a detention center as she was breast feeding that child. another immigrant asked the judge

ed lavandera reports from south texas. >> reporter: it's hard to see people moving through the thick south texas vegetation. the rio grande rolls by just beyond the treeline, and then just like that, they appear out of the brush. a small group of undocumented immigrants walking into a public park. we came across this group of undocumented immigrants in mission, texas. two adults, four children, just finished crossing the rio grande a while ago. now they're in the custody of border patrol. this group is actually made up of three different groups. they say they met along the journey from honduras and decided to enter the united states together. border patrol agents give them water, and they sit in the shade as they wait for a vehicle to take them to a border patrol station. there's jonathan, 11-years-old. he says he left honduras with cousins, but they abandoned him along the way. he says his mother lives in virginia and told him not to make the journey alone. now he's here. "i told her i wanted to come," he says. "she said it's very dangerous." are you scared? "a little," he says. it'

. >> ed lavandera joins us tonight from mcallen, texas. >> your team was able to get in one of theseetention centers housing kids. what did they find? >> well, you know, it was a strange, surreal experience to be honest, just overall. this is one of the hundred facilities across 17 states that is housing thousands of undocumented immigrant children. many of them who have been separated from their families over the last month. from what we saw and our colleagues saw inside that. it was a clean place. there was a strangeness to it, this particular unit was a 250,000 square foot old walmart that had been converted into this detention center. the children have rooms where the five kids sleep. they have recreation abilities. pool tables and that sort of thing, but when you kind of take all that into account. it is still a strange feeling when you're walking around there. >> how consistent is the zero tolerance policy being applied to people crossing over? >> ed, how consistent is the zero tolerance policy being applied to people crossing over? >> well, this is the interesting thing, ander

cnn correspondent ed lavandera spoke to one detained mother whose w.h.o.-- who's desperatel trying to find her son. >> reporter: the phone call came from inside the port isabelle detention center in texas on. the line, an undocumented immigrant who asked we not identify her by name. she's from honduras and was separated from her 9-year-old son 11 days ago after crossing the rio grande illegally. [ speaking foreign language ] i asked how she's feeling. "not good at all," she says, "it's a trauma we will never forget. all the here as well as the kids. the truth is we never imagined this would happen." i asked her how she was separated. "they betrayed us," she said. "we never imagined we would be separated so long." the department denies they have been misled in any way. >> there are things you can do specifically to help with the chirp -- >> reporter: from inside her text law office, jody goodwin is trying to find 22 children. she represents 25 undocumented gloimts ha immigrants who have been separated for weeks. >> none of them know where their kids are. where their kids are. >> report

ed lavandera is in mc-allen, texas ... a border town near brownsville.dreds, possibly thousands, of undocumented immigrant families have been separated after crossing the border in the last month. it's the emotional fallout from the trump administration's attempt to prosecute all migrants who've illegally entered the united states.natalia cornelio, an attorney with the texas civil rights project, has met with dozens of these families and describes the controversial "zero-tolerance" policy as "torture." natalia cornelio/attorney, texas civil rights project: "one of the women that i interviewed today told me that she was breast- feeding her daughter when the government took her daughter from her and when she resisted, that's when they put handcuffs on her." other activists say some families have been mled by federal authorities so that the children can be separated and sent to different detention facilities.a customs and border protection official says, "nothing could be further from the truth and these allegations are unsubstantiated." -nats-the zero-tole

the images that ed lavandera brings from the southwest. 62 people in one home and 40 something other in another home. that is the image of illegal immigration. i argue here, tal, and you have covered immigration and i have covered immigration in the past. as the economy is so strong right now, this is a challenge for the administration. that is the number one magnet of illegal immigration. strong economy and ability to work. everything i see here in washington and immigration policy is talking about supply, not demand. >> you know, this is one thing that the administration has really done over time is characterize the problem as one of pull of certain laws. you talk to experts and that is really not a multidimensional enough view of migration. economic factors have been a pull to the country especially when majority of migration was from mexico. that has changed over the last ten or so years. now we really see a lot less migration from mexico and more from central america. those immigrants coming here may be searching for a better life, but many are fleeing dangerous situations of ga

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>> reporter: here is cnn correspondent ed lavandera with a look at what lies ahead. >> reporter: while the trump administration remains unapologetic in its support the way it's rolled out the so-called zero tolerance policy for undocumented immigrants crossing into the u.s. southern border, there is a growing chorus of frustration and anger and protests that will start to be invisible here on sunday in south texas. there is a congressional delegation that will be touring several immigration facilities throughout the region, throughout the day. most of the members of that delegation very much opposed to this zero tolerance policy. there is a vigil protest also scheduled to occur here on sunday in mcallen, and there is another congressman who is leading a march and protest toward the newly open temporary immigrant children facility and that was opened in far west texas, so a lot of this is starting to pick up as the stories that have emerged from these -- from the zero tolerance policy and people are watching this play out, really starting to pick up steam. as i i mentioned off the top.

ed lavandera is "outfront." >> the shelter sits inside this compound in a ramshackled neighborhood in on the edge of the rio grande. it's where we found christian ortiz cleaning up the mattresses soaked by an overnight rainstorm. ortiz showed us the slashing scars on his back, the beating drove him north, leaving his two behind. he says these are the scars where he was whipped by gang members in honduras and his family was threatened if he didn't join the gang. >> in recent weeks, the trump administration has moved to make it more difficult for central american immigrant to win asylum cases. >> he says he doesn't have the documentation, only the scars, so he's not convinced that would be enough to get asylum in the united states. >> he feels like the only option he has is to cross the rio fwrand illegally, so now replans on how to colossross on a raft. >> for years, trump officials are urged migrants to seek asylum. this is the bridge that takes you into texas. not only are migrants telling us they're getting turneded away by u.s. customs officials, they're telling us mexican customs

cnn correspondent ed lavandera spoke to one mother trying to find her son. >> reporter: the phone call came from inside the port isabel detention center in south texas. on the line is an undocumented immigrant who asked that we not identify her by name. she's from honduras and was separated from her 9-year-old son 11 days ago after crossing the rio grande illegally. i ask her how she's feeling. not good at all, she says. it's a trauma we will never forget. all of the mothers who are here as well as the kids. the truth is, we never imagined this would happen. [ speaking foreign language ] i asked her how she was separated. they betrayed us, she said. they told us they weren't going to separate us from them and we never imagined it was going to be for so long. department of homeland security officials have vehemently denied that immigrants have been misled in any way. >> there are things that you can do specifically to help out with the children. >> reporter: from inside her south texas law office, jody goodwin is trying to find 22 children. she represents 25 undocumented immigrants who

ed lavandera, such important reporting.the texas civil rights project, his group is representing 381 undocumented immigrants who have been acce separated from their children. thank you for being here. i want to get your reaction that customs and border prek says all the children in its custody will be reunion with their parents today. your reaction to that and does that include any of those you represent? >> that is good news. that is in fact true. it is good news was for those parents and for those children, the accept is ration will have ended. we have not confirmation, have not received confirmation that included 17 parents who interviewed yesterday who had been separated, but it should because they had been arrested three days ago so it should include them. the remaining question is the 2500 children. >> of course what can you tell me about the process that your clients, nearly 400 clients are going through right now dealing with the government to be b reunited with their children? are you aware? is there a federal data

ed lavandera is at the border town of reynosa, mexico. can you tell us about what's on the ground? of reynosa just across the border south of mcallen, texas, this is the hacienda de vida. it's been here 18 years and we were talking to the pastor who runs this particular shelter and he says things have changed quite dramatically here in the last few days. this is basically breakfast being served to many of the migrants who are here this morning. i had a chance to talk to them. there were these three women over here to your left of the screen who are from central america, one from honduras, one from el salvador and one from mexico and we were talking to them. they told us they have been trying a number of times to cross the bridge, the port of entry in reynosa and south texas that they were turned away from the border agents standing in the middle of the bridge and what is interesting is the administration has said off and on in the last couple of weeks is they hope the zero tolerance policy is a deterrent and that's the question posed to them, pop poppy about why they were turned aw

ed lavandera is "outfront." >> reporter: the day after president trump signed an executive order billedn of undocumented families -- >> i'm directing hhs, dhs, doj to work together to keep the illegal immigrant families together during the immigration process and reunite these previously separated groups. >> reporter: rochelle garza, an immigration lawyer in brownsville, texas, says she's still trying to make sense of it all. >> the order doesn't reunify my client with his daughter. it doesn't speak to reunifying any of the parents with their children. >> reporter: garza represents one central american father separated from his daughter in early june. over 2,300 children separated from their families since the trump administration rolled out the zero tolerance policy in early may. >> if you are smuggling a child, then we will prosecute you. and that child may be separated from you as required by law. >> reporter: the confusion is rampant. this group of almost 20 undocumented immigrants were shuttled in and out of the federal courthouse to face the misdemeanor charge of illegal entry. th

cnn's ed lavandera is in mexico across the rio grande. >> reporter: hi, kate.e the migrant shelter just on the edge of the texas/mexico border and this is a place that has a number of rooms just like this and this is essentially, kate, a place where migrants, it is a last stop before they decide to travel to the united states or for people who have been deported and need to make their way back home to central america or other parts of mexico. we came here to get a sense of as we heard the trump administration in the last couple of days talk about this zero-tolerance policy is designed to serve as a deterrent and whether or not that is the message that migrants here are getting. what's interesting is we talked to a number of people who have been at this shelter for several weeks now. some of them have made several attempts to get in. the pastor who runs the shelter tells me that he's seen a number of people who have given up. they said the threat of having their children separated from them was too much, but the vast majority of the people that we talked to here

cnn ed lavandera is following some of the cases near the border. [ chanting ] >> reporter: as protestsration of children at the border continued today, there is still no clear reunification process for divid divided immigrant families. >> i didn't like the sight or the feeling of families being separated. >> reporter: the federal government said over 3 # 00 children have been reunited but that leaves more than 2000 others still in limbo scattered around the country. >> there is no plan in place. there is a lot of confusion. there is a lot of contradiction. >> reporter: under the trump administration's plan, those children will keep waiting in health and human services custody with unifications only happening once the parents deportation proceedings are complete. the families will either be reunited before deportation, or if the parent is released from detention. and after the parent applies to serve as the child's sponsor. "the washington post" spoke with a father who was just deported back to el salvador without his daughter. he finally spoke with his 6-year-old daughter maybelline. [