so we'll hear from manuel padilla padilla, the chief of the sector. the "washington post" that there were about a quarter of all of the apprehensions -- sorry, family separations i should say since early april have taken place inside this sector and not only will we hear from the chief for the first time since tathat zero toleranc was announced, we will also go inside this processing center where the separations actually occur. so this will be the first time we've had being a assess inside the facility where once f are separated and they are dehe tak detained, they are split up. and so i'm going to let agent rodriguez here finish briefing us and then we should be hearing from chief manuel padilla. again, this is the first time that we'll have access into the facilities where separations owe did yo occur. >> i know that he is -- i don't know that we need to play this up. this is the setup as understand. interestingly, i know from an e-mail, jacob, that you were citing an article in which the man who will take the podium are was interviewed. 2012 he was

and that's according to manuel padilla, chief of the border patrol sector.hat i saw inside there,hi is -ause this is the epicenter in the country for they're cells, made up of the same type of fence you would sigh around the batting cage or user cool, so it's in the eyes of the beholder, but people are inside, confined spaces, in large groups, there are fourth different quadrants, heads of households that are males, households that are female, and you've got a family units that are being held together. there's a lot of uncertainly inside this facility right now. it's one of the young migrants was talking to us, a group of reports who was crying, she was told about the situation with the children, because the reality is a lot of people are coming into this country with their kids, for the first time ever, again to reiterate the trump administration is a zero toll ran policy, where they're making a choice to create this by separating kids on from their families. >> last question here, jacob, how palpable is the confusion, with so many people in there, with so

francisca: ariel lÓpez padilla nos habla de la relaciÓn con su hija.sido mÁs de 10 millones de personas las que han estÁ involucrada en este tipo de crÍmenes y la mayoría ocurre durante el verano. que conozcamos las consecuencias legales y como hace al comercio a nivel internacional. -- afecta al comercio a nivel internacional. los robos en las tiendas aumentÓ durante la Época de las vacaciones de verano porque el trÁfico de personas de los centros comerciales es mÁs y los jÓvenes estÁ fuera de sus rutinas de clase, pasando mÁs tiempo libre en las tiendas. quÉ tan significativos son los nÚmeros y las cifras de robo? >> se hizo un estudio en el 2007 y se espera que $100 millones se pierde. es muy importante. hay dos categorÍas. el robo externo, que son los clientes que visitan la tienda de vez en cuando. despuÉs, estÁ el grupo organizado, que se dedican a esto. andrea: el 25% de los robos los cometen los menores de edad y el resto, adultos, de los cuales el 50% aseguran haber empezado a vincularse con estas actividades criminales a temprana edad. andrea

says its necessary to discourage people from trafficking drugs and committing heinous crimes manuel padilla / rgv border patrol chiefthere has to be a consequence for entering the country illegally.but lawmakers say the practice of separating from their families causes irreperable harm and trauma.rep. sheila jackson lee / texas (r)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is children that can't be found. =senator jeff merkely says since the zero tolerance policy took effect about 3 thousand kids have. been separated from their families. in brownsville texas alexandra limon. (michelle)at least five people were killed in south texas today after an s-u-v crashed while being chased by border patrol and a local deputy.dimmit county sheriff marion boyd said the vehicle was carrying undocumented immigrants.he says border patrol started the chase. . and enook over.12 people were ejected according to the sheriff.at least five are dead. boyd said his deputies are often trying to track down suspects accused of smuggling undocumented immigrants and drugs.he said it's a quote "perf

we went out with the chief manuel padilla to find out what happens when they encounter apprehensions, including children, take a look. more illegal immigrants have been apprehended crossing the u.s.-mÉxico border here in rio grande valley center than any other point of the entire u.s.-mÉxico border. many of them taking this very path. >> so, griff, this is one of the crossings that's exclusively used by the cartels to smuggle family units and you can see all the trash, huge numbers. >> looks like a children's backpack. a diaper. so clearly a very small -- >> yes. >> an infant was brought here. >> the group that we apprehended, the group of 17 crossed this very spot today. griff: they did. >> yes. griff: 17 migrants had been stopped apprehended for crossing illegally. what do we have here? >> griff, what you have here is a group of illegal aliens primarily composed of family units and potentially some unaccompanied children. griff griff chief, can you ask her if she's frightened coming as unaccompanied minor? >> she has heard that we treat them right. griff: that you treat them right.

chief padilla, we thank you very much for joining us. i know you were hearing a lot of the heated conversation. people say this zero tolerance policy actually means zero humanity. what do you say to that? >> thank you, miss gayle, thank you for being here at the busiest location at the border. 40% of all apprehensions happen in this sector. 43% of all seizures of marijuana happen at this sector. with that, those are just numbers. it's a very complex situation. when you have high levels of activity and a lack of resources, personnel, technology, infrastructure, it creates kind of this chaotic environment. this chaotic environment manifests itself by vehicle rollovers. we had a terrible case yesterday -- >> yes. >> we had over 1,000 rescues where the agents are rescuing people on a daily basis. we also have the houses where people are just subjected to ju they're being held as they're being smuggled. this smuggling really fuels the cartel violence on the south side. and so we're talking about zero tolerance policy, we have done different e

pasemos a otros resultados electorales, alex padilla obtuvo el 22% de los votos para reelegirse como mientras que en la contienda para ocurador estatal el demÓcrata becerra y el republicano contendrÁn por alcaldÍa de san francisco y e aÚn no hay un ganador defi. las cifras recientes le dan la delantera aquilino, pero la diferencia es mÍnima. marÍa: buenas .la diferencia entre gleno y bride es de aproximadamente 1% y todavÍa faltan contar 90,000 boletas electorales. esto todavÍa puede cambiar y podrían pasar varios dÍas antes de que se sepa quiÉn estarÁ al mando de la alcaldÍa. ayer en la noche todo era celebraciÓn para bride quien tras cerrar las casillas de voÓe rumbo al puesto de alcaldesa de san francisco, pero horas despuÉs el que festejaba era gleno que se encuentra en primer lugar de las preferencias. y el senador tuvo palabras de apoyo para la comunidad inmigrante indocumentada. " tenemos estadÍsticas y pruebas que nuestra comunidad y otras comunidades en 300 ciudades y estados a lo largo del paÍs, que tiene leyes santuario, estÁn más seguras como resultado de ellas" de conver

. >> you see the tracks that is representative of the level of traffic -- >> manuel padilla jr. is the region's patrol chief and oversees the facility. we met one him on the border. do you feel like the bad guy in this to some extent? you are the instrument of a policy that is obviously very controversial right now. >> i feel that the option of not doing anything is going to worsen the situation. so i think we have to work with what we have right now and hopefully get the immigration laws redone. >> the department of health and human services currently has nearly 12,000 kids in its care. a number expected to jump to more than 20,000 by august 1st. in a rare move, first lady melania trump said she hates to see children separated from their families, and there was a chorus of criticism from all former first ladies including laura bush writing a blistering op-ed calling the policy cruel and immoral, and writing that the images from the border are eerily reminiscent of the japanese american internment camps of world war ii. >> these workers are not allowed to pick up children, and t

. >> talking about very, very high numbers -- >> reporter: manuel padilla jr.s chief of the rio grande valley border patrol sector. >> it's not just a very simple issue of separating the families. we have to look at this broader, without emotion, and objectively. and at the end of the day, we actually have to do soinme g w that has many loopholes. >> reporter: has illegal immigration gotten so bad that separating families is the best way to deter people from coming? >> that is one of the only options. >> reporter: the process is complex with many variables. generally, under the zero tolerance approach, after parents are subject to criminal proceedings, minors are reclassified as unaccompanied alien children. 72 hours is the maximum holding time until they are placed in one of approximately 100 shelters. the goal is placement with a family member who's already living in the u.s. if a parent seeking a claim of asylum is denied, the policy is for them to be reunited with their child. but that process can take weeks. we wanted to know what the people of mcallen thi

now padilla, who is -- chief padilla said if you look at the surges in illegal immigration over the recent history, the surges in illegal immigration when it reaches its highest is when the u.s. government has a policy of catching and releasing people who violatehe immigration laws and order them to appear in the future, but of course most don't show up in the future knowing that they will rarely be followed up on an rarely caught unless they commit some other crime or offense and picked up by local police. at which time the department of immigration and enforcement and the local law enforcement records are matched in order to identify those people. but to suggest that we should not enforce our immigration laws or to suggest that we should catch people who violate those laws and release them to appear at a future date, which is far from certain, is itself a huge encouragement and inducement to surges in illegal immigration. one of the main reasons is because the cartels, again the criminal organization that control much of the human trafficking, the illegal drug trafficking and the movemen

. >> for secretary of state incumbent alex padilla is trying to hold off seven other candidates. 50% of the vote to mark muser with the republican party. the top two vote getters there. 37% of the precincts reporting. >>> now to state superintendent of public instruction. if no candidate receives a majority of the vote, there will be a runoff in november. 38% of the vote is going to marshall tuck. tony thurmond receives 33%. >> a lot more results. complete election coverage on our website. from our results you can see what they mean for you, where you live. just head to abc7news.com/election. >>> we want to turn to some other news today. fashion designer kate spade was found dead in her home this morning after an apparent suicide. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larsen has story with the popular designer's connection to the bay area. >> reporter: kate spade, the i eponymous designer, was found hang by a scarf in her new york city home. >> there was a suicide note left at the scene. >> reporter: "the new york times" reports that spade left ote for her 13-year-old dughter. the designer

. >> reporter: manuel padilla, jr.s chief of the rio grande valley border patrol sector. >> it's not just a simple issue of separating the families. we have to look at at this without emotion and objectively, ded at the end of the day we have to do something about the current immigration law that has atny loopholes. >> reporter: has illegal immigration gotten so bad that separating families is the best way to deter people from coming illegally? >> that is one of the only options. >> reporter: the process is complex with many variables, but generally, under the zero tolerance approach, after parents are subject to criminal proceedings, minors are reclassified as "unaccompanied alien children." 72 hours is the maximum holding time, until they are placed in one of approximately 100 shelters. the goal is placement with a family member who is already living in the u.s. if a parent seeking a claim of asylum is denied, the policy is for them to be reunited with their child, but that process can take weeks. we wanted to know w

. >> manuel padilla jr.chief of the sector. >> it is not a simple issue of separating the families. we have to look at this broader. without emotion. and objectively. at the end of the day, we actually have to do something about the current immigration law that has many loopholes. >> has illegal immigration got sewn bad, separating families is the best way to deter people from coming in. >> that its one of the only options. >> the process is complex with variables. but generally, after parents are subject to criminal proceedings, minors are unaccompanied alien children. 72 hours is the maximum holding time until they are placed in one of approximately 100 shelters. the goal is to placement with a family member who is living in the u.s. if a parent seeking a claim of asylum is denied, the policy its for them to be reunited with their child. but that process can take weeks. we wanted to know what the people of mccalen think. >> whether you like him or not. trump is trying to do something. >> this is a mexican-

citizen, jose padilla, captured on u.s. soil. so these things do have a tendency to be interpreted far more broadly than the initial, than anyone contemplated in the initial authorization. if you go back and look at what people in congress were saying at the time and what little debate we had before we passed the 2001 aumf, you don't get the sense that anyone contemplated that they were committing the united states to open ended multi generational warfare. joe biden was in the senate at the time saying this is nothing like the gulf of tonkin resolution. we are not saying added, go pell-mell, go do anything anyway. this is much more limited. well now it's been in existence to close as twice as long as the gulf of tonkin resolution and it's hard to tell the difference between just and open ended wholesale delegation congress is war authority. i think that something we have to pay attention to even when it comes to areas like surveillance. >> that said, by and large i think what you will find is the issues are treated differently. a

secretary of state alex padilla says that the have enough signatures to put it on the ballot. the majority support repealing the tax. john cox campaigned hard to put the initiative on the ballot. gavin newsom is against the appeal. he says we need the money for roads and bridge governor jerry brown blasted the measure that would repeal the gas tax. he tweeted that this flawed and dangerous measure pushed by trumps washington allies jeopardizes the safety of millions of californians by stopping local communities from fixing their crumbling roads and bridges. just say no. >>> it is 5:21. political divisions in the country may be running to deep. some democrats have met protest against trump administration officials and may have crossed the line. they are pointing out that the presidents political tone is also dangerous. dug his life from washington, where civility seems hard to come by.>> reporter: goodrning. you can blame this on a lot of things from the 24 hours new cycle to social media, but whatever the cause of -- social politics are getting pretty bad. >> reporter: the red

alex padilla with 5% of the vote. >> and the race for state treasurer fiona is running to succeed johnorting. >> next california superintendant of public instruction. delaine easton who's now running for governor is now holding that po post. it is a quite complex system in california. >> 38% of the vote right now going to marshal tuck. >> let's move to san jose. antonio sam liccardo liccardo lo there. >> and just minutes ago sam liccardo gave a victory speech to his supporters. >> i am grateful that the residents of our city had faith in me. but i'm even more grateful that the residents of san jose have faith in our future. >> less than three hours ago lio was knocking on the door and making cold calls reminding people to vote. he says he's ready to get back to work at city hall tomorrow. >> we want to go back to recall on judge persky. david? >> reporter: we are with retired superior court gordel. what do you think of the results so far? >> it appears about 40% of the vote is in, and there's still a 17% or 18% gap. so it is unlikely we'll be able to close that gap. it appears that the

secretary of state alex padilla plans to certifies the measure later this month. >>> excessive videol health condition. the world health organization is revising its manual, to make gaming disorder and actual disorder. some are skeptical about making it similar to drug or alcohol issues, but they could be a real problem for gamers who lost control of their lives. >> i dropped out of high school twice, never graduated, never went to college, and i was pretending to have jobs, playing video games up to 15 hours per day.>> officials hope that this new classification will spur more awareness, the has not yet identified compulsive gaming, but they do support more education on the issue. >>> a tiny home with a huge price tag, the bay area's unusual housing market, a home on the peninsula, less than 900 square feet, but a multimillion dollar asking price.>>> we are definitely seeing a warm-up, but it will get rapid, with highs up into the upper 90s towards the end of the week. >>> coming up at 7:00 on ktvu plus, the push to repeal the gas tax, is getting steam, and one of the candidates for

california's secretary of state, alex padilla, said that supporters of the deal had gathered enough signaturesor the measure to imperial -- appear on the ballot. they're hoping it will encourage conservative voters to show up on election day and vote for republicans in tight congressional races. >>> authorities have issued a sharp warning at a santa cruz county beach after dozens of great whites were spotted in the water, check out this video. sanctuary cruises posted over the weekend, it shows sharks circling kayakers, were about 30 yards from shore, no one was hurt, they estimated some of them were up to 14 feet long. >> that seems pretty close. >> that is because the kayak. -- that is as big as the kayak. >> it is it does underscore the fact, there are sharks, they have nothing to do with us, people are so scared of them, but there are a lot of sharks.>> look how close they are. >> usually is the young ones, they have been schooling off the pier, it is just interesting to me, you see a lot of them. >> what do you think the guy in the kayak is thinking?>> i think he is digging it, you see a

. >>> repealing a new gas tax, alex padilla said that supporters of the repeal have gathered enough signatures for the measure to appear on the november ballot. andre joins us with the details.>> the gop is hoping that a repeal measure would encourage conservative voters to show up on electians and tig congressional races. the governor thinks it will be affecting his legacy as he leaves office, he said this flawed and disastrous measure pushed by trans-washington allies jeopardizes the safety of millions of californians by stopping local communities from fixing their crumbling roads and bridges, just say no. the campaign to repeal the tax and license fees is being funded by national republican leaders, including paul ryan, and john cox, the republican candidate up against gavin newsom. they have spent more than $1.7 billion on the measure. john cox tweeted, this measure sends a message to millions of forgotten californians that are forced to decide each day between buying groceries and filling up their gas tank, help is on the way.>> reporter: governor has about $50 million in his account, he

the secretary of state, alex padilla, plans to certify the measure later this month. >>> today a county will accept applications for short-term rental permits. the cost for the permit is $145 for property owners who want to rent out one or two veterans. the county is capping the number of short-term rentals at 250. there could be more limitations for homes along coastal areas popular with tourists. the county has been trying to strike a balance between the long term housing shortage and homeowners looking to make extra income by renting a part of their house. >>> a plan to connecty home and business in san francisco with high-speed internet has been put on hold. according to the examiner, outgoing mayor mark farrell decided not to place an initiative on the november ballot to pay for the project. the report says a survey found measure to pay for that project does not have strong support from voters. mark farrell has said more than 100,000 people in san francisco do not have internet access in their homes. >>> a new study found such her age, gender and marital status can influence how yo

the chief of the sector, manuel padilla joins us.hy is it happening and is it accomplishing the goal of securing our border? >> griff, thanks for being here. i want to talk with two areas, border security and immigration and those two areas present a challenge to us. they're really in total control of congress to do something about. let me start with border security. the busiest sector along the southwest border is rio grande valley. 40% of all the apprehensions made in the southwest border happen here. 44% of all marijuana seized happen in the rio grande valley. those are just numbers. when you have the level of activity and limited personnel, technology and infrastructure, it creates a chaotic environment. this chaotic environment manifests itself in tractor-trailer loads. it manifests itself in stash hours where people are crammed in and in very dilapidated conditions. a lot of sexual abuse, robbing of people being smuggled. also manifests itself in rollovers. just over the weekend we had a rollover, five people died. two months a

. >> for secretary of state, alex padilla trying to hold off seven other candidates. he's moving on and will face republican mark moyeser in november oopsz. >>> the crowded race for lieutenant governor still pretty close. you can see eleni kounalakis ahead of her opponent. >> more results on abc7news.com where you can keep up to date as more votes are still being counted. >>> we want to get you another check of our breaking news in san jose. a car narrowly missing a firefighter and slamming into the braack of a fire engine. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is on capitol expressway. last time we checked in with you, the road there was still closed off. any updates? >> reporter: good morning, jeic he in capilexpressway. you can see firefighters are cleaning up the oil that was now on the back of a tow truck. you can see just how much damage was done to the front of that vehicle there. it's a nissan sentra. i'll have my photographer ian move the camera over to the fire engine. you can see the damage there. i'm told this engine is going to be able to drive off. get this. t

i had a chance to sit down with manuel padilla. the epicenter of these family separations.had a long conversation off camera, matter of fact. and what we talked about surprise immediate. he said he said he thinks things aren't that bad in the facility we went in earlier over the weekend where 1,100 kids have been separated from their parents. the whole epicenter of the entire border separation. he said he has seen kids smiling and talking with them about the world. it was shocking, actually, for me to hear, given how visceral my personal reaction was, going inside this facility, seeing kids in cages, on those mattresses on the floor, under the mylar blankets. this is just a thing that has affected everybody so deeply as human beings. and when you hear the secretary of homeland security say she has been inside detention centers but we hear from our colleague she's not been inside the detention center that's separated more kids than any other it's hard to fathom how or why or if the folks in washington are understanding how things are playing out down here on the ground in so

. >> secretary of state category incumbent alex padilla is trying to hold off seven other candidates. he will be moving on. he is facing mark meuser in november. 52% to 32%. >> a look at the top state posts. the crowded race for the lieutenant governor is pretty close. lean any kuhn lack cass at 23%, ed hernandez with 21% with 95% of precincts reporting. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let's talk about cool temperatures. livermore, pleasanton, san ramon, tt in brentwood. the bayshore down into the south bay, los gatos 45. pacifica 49. midreeer yesterday. you can see the cloud cover a little thicker as we look at the golden gate bridge. let's talk about outdoor activi activities. exercising, doesn't get much more comfortable than this temperaturewise and humiditiwise. it will be blouse centerry to choppy. here is a look at the small craft advisory, 11:00 this morning to 9:00 this evening. southwest wind north of the bay bridge gusting to 30 knots which is between 30 and 35 miles per hour. here is a look at san francisco. you can see the tempe

padilla, the officer in charge here at the processing facility. whether any of the kids there had been separated from their parents after coming across a legal point of entry. and his rponse was he didn't know. he didn't know if that kind of separation was happening, what we do know that those waiting for a long time to try and come across the official points of entry, they are backed up for days and days. they he somebody to take them across the river and bang they can get them and separate them immediately from their moms and dads and children and sons and daughters from moms and dads. >> as you know -- >> we want to emphasize. -- emphasize that regardless of how well kids are cared for at a detention center, it is inflicting enormous trauma on the children and enormous angst on the parents to engage in family separation. there is no need at all -- no justification of any kind for doing so people await asylum hearings. >> let me ask you this -- >> the other thing -- you mentioned that that children older than five years old are the ones being se

padilla, who sided with al qaeda, the court said it doesn't matter that you were captured in the united states. i don't want to read these guys their miranda right. they are high on the list of al qaeda and isis to use against us. if we capture them i don't want to read them pt miranda rights. american citizens suspected of joining the enemy, let's hear about whether or not they are giving up their citizenship. that way we don't have to read them their miranda rights. what youe doing is incentivizing isis and al qaeda because they have protections that other people don't have. it's insane to say that america is not part of the battlefield. ask people in new york, ask people in the pentagon if america's part of the battlefield. if you think america's not a part of the battlefield, vote with him. if you think it is, table this. mr. lee: i ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds to respond. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. lee: it does not apply to people outside the united states. it does not apply to you if you are not a u.s. citizen on u.s. soil at the time

even though he called for secretary of state alex padilla to investigate, that was not going to happen antonio villaraigosa spoke to the crowd here just a few moments ago. i asked his campaign if this was a written speech. they said, no, it was not. it was a speech from the heart. villaraigosa said that he tried calling gavin newsom, couldn't get in touch with him. he congratulated gavin newsom. he called on thetateo get be gavin newsom even though he did congratulate john cox as well. antonio villaraigosa has left the political stage for good. his campaign tells me that's it. this was his swan song, and as antonio villaraigosa said to the crowd, surrounded by his family just minutes ago, that's it. i'm done. we are live here in downtown angeles. i'm robert kovacik. raj and jessica, back to you. >> thank you very much. larry, how much did it hurt him that he was out of the political limelight for a period of time? >> it's hd tell. here's something about villaraigosa and the latino community. a lot of latinos down there really weren't happy with him. they thought he desserted them. this

chief padilla has brought us where 17 migrants have been stopped, apprehended for crossing illegally.ief, what do we have here? >> what have you here is a group of illegal aliens primarily composed of family units and potentially some unaccompanied children. griff: chief, frightened coming as uncompanied minor. >> she has heard that we treat them right. >> she has heard that we treat them right. so this gentleman coming from guatemala. zero idea on zero tolerance policy. >> will these children be separated right now from their parents? will it happen at the center? what will happen to them? >> absolutely not. they are transported to the processing center. at that time we start running checks on the aconsults adults, see if there any criminal history, any immigration history. they are processed accordingly. if they are eligible for prosecution, we will prosecute the adult that's have entered illegally. when somebody is put through the process of prosecution, they are temporarily separated from the children. just like any u.s. citizen would be. it's a difficult situation. not idea but w

here with insight manuel padilla rio grande valley he joins us right now.eems there is so much misinformation out there and we talk about immigration and we talk about the border. tell us what you are seeing. what is going on at the border? what do we need to better understand? >> yes, well, thank you for having me. well, this administration has been pushing for two main things. the first one is border security and the second one is immigration reform. and right here in south texas rio grande valley sector, we are by far the busiest as far as activity. and in both of these areas. when we are talking about border security, ms-13 apprehensions over 300 percent. rescues, constant rescues that the agents are saving children and young people as the smugglers put them through very dangerous situations. constant tractor-trailer loads where people are in danger, really, when they are put in the back of the tractor-trailer loads and smuggled. unfortunately we lost 10 people last july. and all these are symptoms of a border that needs a lot of work. now, the other mi

we have been consistently over 4,200 apprehensions a week >> reporter: we went to see manuel padillaho runs the busiest sector on the border. he said last week the number of apprehensions dropped. >> preliminarily what does that say to you? >> that it works. having a consequence to illegal entry works. >> reporter: even if the separating of families did act as a deterrent, critics of that type of policy say it is immoral. the pope said that, this week, we're told that first lady melania trump will visit another facility where children are being held. maybe she can do something to help speed up the process. >> i'm glad you updated us on the numbers. thank you so much. >>> president trump is claiming vindication after the supreme court allowed his travel ban to stay in place. the court's conservative majority upheld the ban. that affects seven countries. the 5-4 ruling declared the president has brought authority to make national security judgments over immigration. after the ruling the president tweeted supreme court upholds the trump travel ban. wow, exclamation point. jan crawford i

customs and border protection folks, like manny padilla and david higgerson and the men and women who work under them in the rio grande valley are trying to do what is required of them by their job, and that is to enforce the law. and that's a good thing. we appreciate all they do. so the answer to this current situation is a solution that allows us to both enforce the law and keep families together. they don't have to be mutually exclusive. we've got to keep family members together and prevent unnecessary hardship, stress, and outrage. that's not our purpose, to cause these children in particular who have been brought across our border illegally by their parents, we're not trying to take it out on them or punish them. because we've heard about the consequences that when family members are separated, mental health problems may, for example, follow children all the way to adulthood. so we need to be mindful of that risk and work to ensure these children's well-being. none other than the former first lady law r are a bush -- laura bush wrote she believes we can find a better answer to t

manuel padilla jr. is the region's border patrol chief. do you feel like the bad guy in this? you are the instrument of a policy that is obviously very controversial right now. >> i feel the option of not doing anything is going to worsen the situation. so i think we have to work with what we have right now and hopefully get the immigration laws redone. >> reporter: christina abarka and her children are fleeing gang violence in el salvador. she and her family were detained and separated spending several days in a detention facility. now reunited, christina must wear an ankle bracelet so i.c.e. can track her movements. just one family among many with seemingly few options. >> and lester, you spent some time with the border agents there and you had a chance to talk with them. i mean, what is it like for them? they're having to separate these families. >> reporter: i mean, they acknowledge it's an unpleasant duty. but they put kind of a wider view on it that a lot of what they do is unpleasant including recovering bodies of migrants who for whatever reason didn't make it safely a

says its necessary to discourage people from trafficking drugs and committing heinous crimes manuel padilla for entering the country illegally.but lawmakers say the practice of separating from their families causes irreperable harm and trauma.rep. sheila jackson lee / texas (r)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is children that can't be found.alexandra limon / @alexlimonnewssenator jeff ( will ) house minority leader nancy pelosi will visit the u-s-mexico border here in california today... to see the impact of the administration's efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. ( will ) a spokesperson for first lady melania trump weighed in on the controversy. a statement released yesterday reads in part -- "mrs. trump hates to see children separated from their families and hopes both sides of the aisle can finally come together to achieve successful immigration reform." it goes on to say -- "she believes we need to be a country that follows all laws, but also a country that governs with heart." on the heels of melania's statement ... former first lady laura bush

says its necessary to discourage people from trafficking drugs and committing heinous crimes manuel padillaating from their families causes irreperable harm and trauma.rep. sheila jackson lee / texas (d)my fear is that there may be loss of life, and the loss of life is children that can't be found. ( alex ) thanks alexandra thanks alexandra thanks thanks alexandra ( will ) bay area baseball... it's been a tough road trip for the giants... but they did manage to leave l-a with a win. kareem abdul jabbar was at dodger stadium on father's day. top of the 1st... nick hundley hit a 2-run homerun off caleb ferguson... giving san francisco a 2-0 lead. the giants went onto win 4-1. the giants are back home tonight... taking on the marlins. first pitch is 7:15. ( will ) evan longoria will have surgery tomorrow o his broken left hand that means he's going to miss 6 to 8 weeks. longoria for hurt on thursday... when he was hit in the hand by a pitch. longoria does ánot need surgery... but he's hoping surgery will get him back in the lineup sooner. ( will ) over at the coliseum... it was beautiful day t

. >> manuel padilla, jr. patrol age sent for u.s. border patrol. in our role.re the first to encounter many unaccompanied children that come to our country. >> good morning. my name is maggie wynn. i work with secretary azar and work with the program that funds shelters. >> good morning. i'm lead clinician here, we provide all the mental health services and support while they're in their journey, upon their reunification. >> i'm the lead case manager here. our, my role here is rue unification. -- reunicati. >> i'm the shelter unit manager. i take care of everyday operations with the children. >> good morning. i'm the medical care coordinator for upbring and new hope. we do health screenings for each unique health children. >> hello. good morning. my name is -- i'm lead teacher aide. i make sure the kids give the best education we can give them so they have a successful life. >> hello. good morning. i am with hhs and i work with the program in reviewing the cases for the children that will be reunified with their family members. >> my name is hoe shea gonzalez.

>> reporter: yeah, i mean, the chief of the border patrol sector, manual padilla told me that they're too chaotic. they can't manage the volume of people coming in. one of the things that the border patrol agents said there really are not enough agents process people that are going off to be separated from their children. so there are these virtual stations and you can talk to agenerals in the el centro rg which is close. so it's almost like you're an agent sitting in a remote location away from here and you're separate people from their kids. i can't imagine what it does to the agents elise, this is just a little bit of a glimpse into what jay sob is talking about. texas monthly has this description from the executive director of on a nonprofit. i was talking to onemorter and she said don't take my child away. the started screams and violently and i she asked the officers, can i have at least fivemontes to console her, and they said no. >> you are doing incredible job. i just want to back to what you said about the judge children and about the touching and the whoelding of these scar