PBS NewsHour; June 20, 2018 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

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>> Woodruff: GOOD EVENING. I'M JUDY WOODRUFF. ON HE NEWSHOUR TONIGHT: CHANGING COURSE-- PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNS AN ORDER ENDING FAMILY SEPARATIONS, NOW PARENTS AND CHILDRENILL BE DETAINED AGETHER. WE ARE ON THE GROUTHE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. THEN, A LOOK AT WHY SO MANY ARE RISKING IT ALL TO MAKE THE TREACHEROUS JOURNEY ACROSS THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER PLUS, MR. TRUMP HEADS TO MINNESOTA TO RALLY HIS BASE-- WE HEARROM VOTERS IN THE KEY MIDTERM STATE AS THE PRESIDENT'S POLICIES GET PUT TO THE TEST AND, BRINGING CLEAN WATER TO THE NAVAJO NATION-- THE STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE BASIC SERVICES TO FAMILIES IN THE SPRAWLING U.S. RESERVATION.

>> IT'S KIND OF A SHOCK WHEN YOL THINK THAT PIN THE U.S. DON'T HAVE WATER. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE LIVES THIS FAMILY FROM THE WATER THEY WERE CARRYING IN PICKLE JARS TO THE HOUSE ACTUALLY HAVING RUNNING WATER. THAT'S A HUGE SHIFT FOR THEM.

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>> Woodruff: A SUDDEN SHIFT TODAY AT THE WHITE HOUSE.PR THIDENT RELENTED ON THE WIDELY CONDEMNED PRACTICE OF SPLITTING UP UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES. CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT LISA DESJARDINS BEGINS OUR COVERAGE.

>> Reporter: WITH A PEN, PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN CHANGED THE FATE OF THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WITH AN EXECUTIVE ORDER REVERSING HIS DECISION TO ENFORCE THE LAW BY SEPARATING CHILDREN FROM PARENTS AT THE BORDER.

>> THE BORDER IS JUST AS TOUGH T WE WANT TO KEEP FAMILI TOGETHER. ANYBODY WITH A HEART WOULDGLEEL VERY STRABOUT IT, AT THE SAME TIME WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALL

>> Reporter: THE CHANGE CAME A MONTH AND A HALF INTO THE ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY, AND AFTER A DAY OF INTENSE PRESSURE ON THE WHITHOUSE. FROM REPUBLICANS...

>> HAS THE WHITE HOUSE BEEN HANDLING THIS WELL?

>> NO, CLEARLY THEY DIDN'T THINK THIS THING THROUGH.

>> Reporter: DEMOCRATS...

>> WE ARE HERE TO CALL ON THE PRESIDENT TO RESCIND THIS ZERO- TOLERANCE POLICY. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ATTACKING THE PRIDENT. THIS IS ABOUT HUMANITY.

>> Reporter: AND PROTESTERS, INCLUDING SOME SHOUTING AT HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY AS SHE ATE DINNER AT A MEXICAN RESTAURANT LAST NIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE ABOUT-FACE AROUND LUNCHTIME.

>> WE'RE GONNA BE SIGNING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER, WE'RE GONNA

>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD DETAIN FAMILIES TOGETHER, INSTEAD OF SEPARATELY. THE ADMINISTRATION INSISTS THE CHANGE DOES NOT MEAN IT IS BACKING DOWN FROM ITS ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY. MR. TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE CHANGE TO A TABLE FULL OF REPUBLICANLA AKERS, BUT SEEMED OPENLY CONFLICTED ON THE TOPIC.

>> IF YOU'RE WEAK, WHICH SOME W PEOPLD LIKE YOU TO BE, IF YOU'RE REALLY, REALLY PATHETICALLY WEAK, THE COUNTRY'S GONNA BE OVERRUN WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE. .ND IF YOU'RE STRONG, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HEA THAT'S A TOUGH DILEMMA.RA PERHAPS I'ER BE STRONG.

>> Reporter: FOR DAYS THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN THESE IMAGES, PROVIDED BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF SOME OF THE SHELTERS FOR THE MORE THAN30 KIDS NOW SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS. THAT FIGURE IS FOR TON FIRST MONTH OF THE PRESIDENT'S ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY. IT IS STILL NOT CLEAR HOW MANY ARE TODDLERS OR INFANTD HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE TO REUNITE THEM WITH PARENTS. THE WHITE HOUSE MOVED ICKLY TO TRY TO EASE CONCERN AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, WITH HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETA KIRSTJEN NIELSEN DISPATCHED SOON AFTER THE EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS AN0UNCED TO SPEAK TO SOME 5 HOUSE REPUBLICANS AT THE CAPITOL AFTERWARD, NIELSEN SPOKE WITH REPORTERS.

>> GOOD DISCUSSION, VERY GOOD QUESTIONS, VERY EXCITED FOR THE VOTE TOMORROW, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS FIXED.

>> Reporter: ALL THIS AS HOUSED NATE LEADERS SCRAMBLED TO CRAFT LONG-TERM FIXES TO THE SITUATION, AND AS THE HOUSE MOVED TOWARD A THURSDAY VOTE ON A LARGER IMMIGRATION PLAN TO ALSO ADDRESS DREAMERS-- THOSE PEOPLE WHO CROSSED INTO THE U.S. ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN.

>> TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON LEGISLATION THAT MAKES SURE WE CAN ENFORCE OUR LAWS AND KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER.

>> Reporter: MEANTIME, PRESIDENT TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED THENG SSIONAL FAMILY PICNIC AT THE WHITE HOUSE-- YOU SEE PHOTOS OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT-- WILL BE POSTPONE IT WAS SET FOR TOMORROW, BUT THE PRTIDENT SAID THE TIME DOES FEEL RIGHT FOR A PICNIC.

>> Woodruff: AND LISA JOINS ME NOW FROM THE CAPITOL WHERE SHE'S BEEN ALL DAY.NT SO LEE NIAL PARK LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT DOES IT DO, HOW DOES IT MESH WITH EXISTING LAW?

>> Reporter: THE WHITE HOUSE HAD AN ON-THE-RECORD CALL WITH A LAWYER FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. HERE'S WHAT THEY TOLD US: THIS WILL DETAIN IMGRAB FAMILIES TOGETHER RATHER THAN SEPARATELY AS REPORTED. THEORETICALLY, JUDY, IT'S EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, HOWEVER, THERE IS AIMN PLEMENTATION PHASE THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE FOR THIS TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN PRACTICE. NOW, THERE'S A SERIOUS QESTION OF THE LEGALITIES HERE. THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED THEEE FLORES ANT THAT GOES BACK TO THE BILL CLINTON DAYS. THEY HAVE RULED THAT CHILDREN CANNOT BE DETAINED BY THIS COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN THESE -- I'M SORRY, MORE THAN 20 DAYS IN THESE IMMIGRANT CASES. SO THE ADMINISTRATION IS ASKING FOR A MODIFICATION OF TH RULING TO ALLOW THEM TO HOLD THESE FAMILIES INDEFINITELY. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION WILL DO IF THEY DON'T GET THAT MODIFICATION. JUDY, THERE IS NCERN HERE FROM THE CAPITOL THAT AFTER 20 DAYS THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL BE EFFECTIVELY ILLEGAL. I TALKED TO VIRGINIA NGRESSM AND HOUSE JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN BOD BLATT. HE SAYS THEY EXPECT LAWSUITS BASED ON THAT FLORES AGREEMENT. TO THEY SAY CONGRESS NEED PASSES A MORE PERMANENT FIX, BECAUSE THIS EXECUTE ORDER IS ON TENUOUS LEGAL GROUND.

>> Woodruff: LISA, AS WE SAWEE, YOU'VETALKING TO A NUMBER OF LAWMAKERS, WHAT ARE THEY ALL SAYING ABOUT THIS TURNAROUNDBY THE ADMINISTRATIO?

>> Reporter: NEARLY ALL OF THEM WERE IN THE DARK, JUDY.G WE WERE TELLEM OURSELVES WHAT WAS IN THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT THERE IS RELIEF, ESPECIALLY FOR REPUBLICANS. THIS IS SOMETHING THEY HAD BEEN PRESSING FOR. THEY HAD FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THIS ISSUE. FOR DEMOCRATS, THEY AREN'T SU TE WH FUTURE IS AND EXACTLY HOW THEY WILL OPERATE NOW. THEY GENERALLY DON'T WANT FAMILIES DETAINED TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE HAPPY FOR THIS REVERSAL, AT LEAST FOR NOW.

>> Woodruff: YOU MENTIONED THAT REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING PASSED TOMOR THE HOUSE. TELL US ABOUT THAT?

>> Reporter: RIGHT. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT BILL. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S LOOK AT WHAT IT DOES. IT WOULD GIVE STATUS TO DACA OR DREAMER KIDS, THOSE BROUGHT HERE ILLEGALLY AS CHILDREN. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE FUNDING FOR THE BORD A WALL. IT WOUO DECREASE LEGAL IMMIGRATION AND IT WOULD DETAIN FAMILIES TOGETHER. IT WOULD BE A PERMANENT FIX ON. TH BUT JUDY, RIGHT NOW THAT BILL DOES NOT HAVE THE VOTES TO PASS THE HOUSE, ARSD, OF CO IT WOULD STILL LEAVE OPEN THE LONG-TERM SOLUTION ON THISSU

>> Woodruff: AND SO LISA, IF THE HOUSE DOESN'T COME UP WITH U ON, WHAT HAPPENINGS TO THESE CHILDREN? WE KNOW THERE HABEEN DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE. WHAT COULD THEY DO?

>> RIGHT. I CAME FROM ONE OF THE MANY,NG MANY MEEI WAS AT TODAY ON THE HILL, A SENATE BIPARTISAN MEETING, SUSAN COLLINS BUGHT TOGETHER TED CRUZ OF TEXAS AND DIANNE FEINSTEIN OF CALIFORNIA THE TRY TO E THIR BILLS TOGETHER. THOSE DEAL ONLY WITH CHILD SEPARATION. SENATOR CRUZ WOULD DETAIN FAMILIES TOGETHER BUT TRY TO SPEED UP THEIR PROCESSING. TNATOR FEINSTEIN WOULD N HAVE FAMILY DETENTION. SHE WOULD RATHER RELEASE THEM PENDING A HEARING. EY'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER THAT T.B.D. BIPARTISAN DEAL.IN I ALL HOPE FOR THESE KIDS LONG-TERM RESTS RIGHT NOW IN THE SENATE TRYING TO WORK THAT OUT. MEANWHILE, WE'RE WCHING CLOSELY TO FIND OUT SHORT TERM WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FAMILIES ALREADY SE'PARATED, BECAUSE IS NOT CLEAR YET HOW SOON THEY CAN BE REUNITED. THE ADMISTRATION HAS NOT ANSWERED THOSE QUESTIONS.

>> Woodruff: FOR ALL THAT TIME THEY WERE NOT FOCUSED ON IMMIGRATION. THEY CERTAINLY APPEAR TO BE NOW.

>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Woodruff: LISA DESJARDINS, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, ON AMERICA'S SOUTHERN BORDER, THE CITY WHERE THE FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY WAS FIRST LAUNCHED-- EL PASO TEXAS-- IS STILL RECEIVING MIGRANTS FLEEING VIOLENCE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO. NY OF THEM SEEK LEGAL ASYLUM UPON ENTRY. U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE MAINTAINEDEN THAT PAL ASYLUM-SEEKERS ENTERING AT LEGAL BORDER CROSSING WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED AND WILL BE PROCESSED IN TURN. BUT AS AMNA NAWAZ HAS FOUND, IN THIS CROSS-BORDER REPORT FROMEZ JUND EL PASO, THE PROCESS ISN'T ALWAYS THAT EASY.

>> Reporter: THE YEARS THAT BROUGHT ANGELICA AND SOFI-- HER THREE-OLD-GRANDDAUGHTER-- TO THIS MOMENT, ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE PASO DEL NORTGE TO THE UNITED STATES, ARE ALMOST TOO PAINFUL FOR HER TO RECOUNT. ADEN WE FIRST MET THEM TUESDAY NIGHT, THEY HAD ALBEEN IN THIS MIGRANT SHELTER IN JUAREZ R A MONTH. HER FAMILY, ANGELICA SAYS, WAS TARGETED BY MEXICAN CARTELS, ALREY KILLING HER HUSBAND, SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND THREEC GRLDREN. GETTING OUT OF MEXICO, SHE SAYS, IS A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH.

>> ( translated ): I'M WORRIED FOR HER. MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S LIVED THROUGH MANY VERY UGLY THINGS.

>> Reporter: CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED ARE YOU WOABOUT THAT?

>> ( translated ): YES IT MAKES ME AFRAID THAT THEY'LL SEPARATE ME FROM MY GRANDDAUGHTER. AND I PRAY THAT THEY WON'T SEPARATE ME FROM HER.

>> Reporter: HER PLAN IS TO TRY AND LEGALLY CROSS THE U.S. BORDER WEDNESDAY MORNING ESCORTED BY RUBEN GARCIA, WHO RUNS A MIGRANT SHELTER ACROSS THE BORDER, IN EL PASO. GELICA WILL CARRY THIS SIGN, ANNOUNCING TO U.S. BORDER PROTECTION THAT SHE IS SCARED FOR KR LIFE, AND WANTS TO SEE ASYLUM IN AMERICA. GARCIA HAS BEEN HELPING AND HOUSING MIGRANTS FLEEING VIOLENCE FOR 40 YEARS. LATELY, HE SAYS, EVEN POTENTIAL ASYLUM SEEKERS CROSSING LEGALLY HAVE BEEN CRIMINALIZED. WEDNESDAY, AND A CROWD GATHERS ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BRIDGE. IT IS 7:18 IN THE MORNING RIGHT NOW. ANGELICA AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER JUST GOT HERE.A THERE'T OF PRESS. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE WHO ADVOCATES TRYING TO GET HEROR ACROSS THER THINK THAT THE MORE ATTENTION THAT'S PAID TO S.R THE MORE LIKELY SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CR ANOTHER FAMILY-- A MOTHER WITH HER THREE KIDS-- WILL ALSO ATTEMPT TO CROSS, SEEKING ASYLUM, WITH THE GROUP. ALL THE WAITING, AND ALL THE ATTENTION, HAS ANGELICA MORE WORRIED THAN EVER. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HORE FEELING.

>> ( translated ): FEARFUL.

>> Reporter: WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

>> ( translated ): HOW THE U.S. GOVERNNT WILL RESPOND WHEN I ASK FOR ASYLUM.

>> Reporter: JUST AFTER 7:30 A.M., THE GROUP BEGINS TO WALK. THIS JOURNEY OF A FEW HUNDRED YARDS, CAN TAKE A MATTER O MINUTES. BUT ANGELICA AND SOFI ARE STOPPED BY U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION-- OR C.B.P.-- AT THE INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY, BEFORE THEY CAN SET FOOT ON U.S. SOIL, AND MAKE AN ASYLUM CLAIM. A STANDOFF ENSUES.

>> WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY SUFFERED TREMENDOUSLY ARE NT BACK INTO AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY ARE GENUINELY AFRAID TO BE FOUND, I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED HUMANE. THE ISSUE IS THAT ALL ALONG THES

>> IF CAPACITYT THE ISSUE, I GUARANTEE YOU I'D BE ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD RIGHT NOW.

>> Reporter: STOPPED BEFORE EVEN REACHING THE BORDER.>> HIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS THAT I'VE SEEN THIS. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. IT HADN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE AND THE REASON THEY DO IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT WANT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, ANY OF THESE REFUGEES, TO PUT EVEN THEIR TOE ON U.S. TERRITORY.NG

>> Reporter: AELICA AND SOFI ARIT, UNDER A HOT SUN, TO THEIR FATE WHILE A C.B.P. OFFICIAL PATIENTLY ANSWERS QUESTIONS. WHERE IS THE CAPACITY ISSUE? IS IT AT THE PORT OF ENTRY ABOUT EC100 YARDS AWAY?

>> IT'S A DOMINO E MA'AM. THERE'S-THERE'S-THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES WHERE WE PROCESS THEM FOR THEIR CLAIM THATRE OTHER FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CENTERS. WE ARE FOLLOWING RIGHTHE EXISTING PROTOCOL AND THAT EXISTING PROTOCOL IS I AM NOT GOING TO ALLOW AN UNSA AND INHUMANE SITUATION IN OUR DETENTION CENTER.

>> Reporter: WITH EACH MINUTE, FE TEMPERATURE RISES. SO DO ANGELICA'SEARS SHE WON'T BE ALLOWED TO ENTER. BUT AFTER MORE THAN AN HOUR, A C.B.P. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES THE FAMILIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO CROSS. IT'S JUST AFTER 9:00 A.M. WHEN ANGELICA AND SOFI WALK ACROSS THE BORDER, AND INTO THE U.S. PORT OF ENTRY. C.B.P. OFFICIALS ALLOW THE MEDIA TO DOCUMENT THEIR JOURNEY RIGHT UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

>> I HAVA SUSPICION THAT HAD WE NOT BEEN WITH THEM THAT THEYE WOULD EEN TURNED BACK AND THAT'S WHAT HAS TO CHANGE, BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS THEY HAVE A RIGHT AND IN THIS PART CASE THESE TWO PARTICULAR FAMILIES HAVE GOT SOME CONCRETE BASIS FOR THEIR ASYLUM AND THEY'VE SUFFERED SOME VERY REAL VIOLENCE.

>> Woodruff: AMNA JOINS ME NOW FROM EL PASO. THIS IS A HARROWING STORY. HOW TYPICAL IS IT?

>> Reporter: WELL, LOOK, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S UNIT QUE ABIS STORY. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE BORDER DON'T HAVE AN ADVOCATE ESCORT. THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ME ATTENTION AS SHE AND SOPHIE DID TODAY. BUT AT THE HEART OF HER STORY, JUDY, THERE ARE SOME COMMON THEMES THAT ARE COMMON ACROSS A VAST MAJORITY OF PEO'VE HEARD WHO ARE ALSO CROSSING THE BORDER MAKING SIMILAR CLAIMS,EE LARGELY G VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. WE KNOW THOSE THREE COUNTRIES FROM WHICH THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COME, EL SALVADOR, HONDURAS, AND GUATEMALA. THERE ARE DEFINITELE COMMON THEMES THERE. THE THING PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAMERAS AREN'T THERE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REPORTS OF SSINGS MAKING LEGAL CRO WHO ARE PRESENTING THEMSELVES, SAYING THEY WANT TO CLAIM ASYLUM AND THEN SIMILAR WAT ANGELICA WENT THROUGH, BEING TURNED AWAY, BEING PREVENTEDG FROM ENTERE PORT OF ENTRY AND MAKING THAT CLAIM SOME THAT'S RIGHT NOW WHAT IMMIGRANTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS EXERTS AND ADVOCATES SAY IS THEIR CHIEF CONCERN. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEPLE AREN'T LOOKING FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS SEEKING REFUGE HERE.

>> Woodruff: IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE, AMNA, SHE KNEW THERE WAICS A PTO KEEP FAMILIES SEPARATED TO, SEPARATE FAMILYEN FROM OTHE MEMBERS, BUT SHE WAS COMING ANYWAY. THIS IS A POLICY MEANT AMONG OTHER THINGS TO BE A DETERRENT, BUT IN THIS CASE IT WASN'T THAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AN GEL CASH AS WE SPOKE TO HER WAS WELL AWARE OF THE FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY IN PLACE. SHE WAS AWARE AS SHE WAS S OUT FROM THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE BRIDGE THIS MORNING THAT POLICY WAS STILL VERY MUCH IN PLACE. SHE CONSIDERED HER OPTIONSABLE BUT FOR HER, JUDY, SHE SAYS THERE WASN'T RELY AN OPION. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD FOR PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE VAST MAJOR PEOPLE FLEEING VIOLENCE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRIES. THE FORCES THAT ARME COPELLING THEM TO FLEE HAVE NOT CHANGED. IHAT CONSIDERATION IS THIS: WANT TO GO HOME, BUT HOME IS THE MOUTH OF A SHARK. HOME IS THE BARREL OF A GUN. WHEN YOUR HOME HOLDS FOR YOU CERTAIN DEATH AND THE ONLY OPTION YOU HAVE IS UNCTAINTY AND POTENTIALLY CROSSING INTO A FOREIGN LAND TO SEE WHAT HAPFOPS THE POSSIBILITY OF SAVING YOUR LIFE OR YOUR FAMILY'S LIFE, PEOPLE WE'VE TALKED TO SAY THAT'S NOT REALLY A CHOICE A ALL. IT WASN'T A DETERRENT IN THIS CASE, AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IF OTHER DETERRENTS WWORK SIMILARLY WITH THESE POPULATIONS. JUDY? >>INoodruff: THAT CER CAME TRUE IN HER FAITH. AMNA, QUICKLY NEW YORK GETTING TO KNOW HER, HOW WAS SHE BY THEA END OF THE

>> WE SHOULD POINT OUT AT THIS TIME SHE ISN STILL GOVERNMENT CUSTODY. THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM AND MAKING LEGAL CROSSINGS ARE OFTEN IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, TWO OR THREE DAYS. SO WEL FOLLOW-UP ON HER STORY, OF COURSE, BUT RIGHT NOW SHE'S BEING INTERVIEWED.NG THEY'RE ASSESER CLAIM. AND EVEN THOUGH SHE'S MADE IT ACROSS THE BORDER, THERE IS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AHEAD FOR HER AND PEOPLE IN A SIMILARRUATION. -- SIMILAR SITUATION. WE DON'T KNOW IF THE PAPERWORK SHE HAS IS ENOUGH TOPROVE GUARDIANSHIP. WE DON'T KNOW IF SHE HAS ENOUGH FOR HER CLAIM TO BE ADJUDICATED IN COURT. SO EVEN THOUGH ONE HURDLE HAS NOW BEEN CROSSED FOTHEM, THERE'S STILL A GREAT AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AHEAD. JUDY?

>> WPOdruff: REALLY IMANT PORTING FOR US TO SEE. AMNA NAWYOAZ, THAN AND IN THE DAY'S OTHER NEWS: THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION URGED A FEDERAL JUDGE IN SACRAMENTO TO BLOCK THREE CALIFORNIA LAWS THAT PROTECT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE LAWS BAR POLICE FROM GIVING OUT INFORMATION ON PEOPLE IN JAIL, AND BAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS FROM ENTERING WORK SITES WITHOUT A WARRANT. THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS ROILING THE EUROPEAN UNION AS WELL, AND TODAY, HUNGARY INTENSIFIED ITS CRACKDOWN. LAWMAKERS AMENDED THE CONSTITUTION TO SAY WHAT THEY CALL "ALIEPOPULATION" CANNOT BE SETTLED IN HUNGARY. EEE VOTE CAME ON WORLD REF DAY. THE CIVIL WAR IN SOUTH SUDAN HAS CREATED AFRICA'S WORST REFUGEE CRISIS IN A QUARTER CENTURY. TODAY, THE PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION LEADER MET FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY TWO YEARS. THE TALKS TOOK PLACE IN NEARBY ETHIOPIA, AMID INTERNATIONALOT EFFORTS TO NTE AN END TO ENE FIVE-YEAR CONFLICT. TRADE TENSIONS BETHE UNITED STATES AND ALLIED NATIONS DREW FIRE TODAY AT A SENATE HEARING. COMMERCE SECRETARY WILBUR ROSS WAS E TARGET. SENATORS FROM BOTH PARTIES WARNED THAT STEEL AND ALUMINUM TARIFFS WILL ACTUALLY HURT U.S. MANUFACTURERS, CONSUMERS AND FARMERS. DEMOCRAT MICHAEL BENNETT OF COLORADO DEMANDED TONOW HOW TARIFFS ON CANADA WILL PUNISH THE REAL CULPRIT-- CHINA.

>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH CHINA, I DON'T UNDERSTANDHY THE PRESIDENT IS NOT FOCUSED ON IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE NATIONAL SECURITY RATIONAL FORRI PUTTING A ON A CANADIAN STEEL INDUSTRY WITH WHOM WE HAVE A TRADE SURPLUS? RP THE ONLY WAY WE WILL SOLVE THE GLOBAL STEEL ODUCTION AND OVER CAPACITY IS BY GETTING ALL THE OTHER COUNTRIES TO PLAY BALL. AND WHILE THEY ARE COMPLAINING BITTERLY ABOUT THE TARIFFS THE FACT IS TH ARE STARTING TO TAKE THE KIND OF ACTION WHICH IF THEY HAD TAKEN SOONER WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS CRISIS.

>> Woodruff: SECRETARY ROSS ARGUED THE OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO FUEL A TRADE WAR, BUT TO REVIVEM ICA'S STEEL AND ALUMINUM INDUSTRIES. THE EUROPEAN UNION MEANWHILE ISI SP UP PLANS FOR NEW TARIFFS ON $3 BILLION WORTH OF AMERICAN PRODUMES. THE ANNOUN TODAY SAID THE PENALTIES WILL TAKE EFFECT THIS FRIDAY, INSTEAD OF NEXT MONTH. U.THEY'LL TARGET A RANGE O PRODUCTS, FROM HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES TO BOURBON TO PEANUT BUTTER.UT KOREA PRESSED NORTH KOREA TODAY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ONIT DISMANTLINNUCLEAR PROGRAM. IN SEOUL, PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN CALLED FOR "FAR MORE CONCRETE" PLANS FROM PYONGYANG. MOON'S COMMENTS CAME AS NORTH KOREA'S LEADER KIM JONG-UN WAS IN BEIJING FOR A SECD DAY FOR TALKS WITH CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINGPING. KIM RETURNED HOME LATER. IN AFGHANISTAN, TALIBAN FIGHTERS KILLED 30 GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS IN THE FIRST ATTACKS SINCE THE END OF A THREE-DAY CEASEFIRE. OFFICIALS SAID THE MILITANTS ASSAULTED TWO CHECKPOINTS AT A MEWN IN BADGHIS PROVINCE, THEN AMBUSHED REINFORS AS THEY ARRIVED. PRO-GOVERNMENT FORCES IN YEMEN SAY THEY'VE SCORED A NEW GAIN IN THE BATTLE FOR THE RED SEA PORT OF HODEIDA. THEY SAY THEY CAPTURED THE SOUTHERN RUNWAY AT THE CITY'S AIRPORT TODAY. MEANWHILE, WORKERS WITH THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ISSUED A NEW WARNING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FIGHTING.

>> W.H.O. IS DEEPLY CONCERD AT THE INCREASED FIGHTING IN AL- HODEIDA.AL ODEIDA, THIS FIGHTING PUTS PEOPLE, PUTS MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE AT RISK IN AL-HODEIDA, AND WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE RISK THAT THIS HAS FORHE PORT. 70% OF PEOPLE IN YEMEN RELY OND THE PORT FOR FD MEDICINES.

>> Woodruff: ALSO TODAY, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED HUNDREDS OF DETAINEE SOUTHERN YEMEN WERE TORTURED AND XUALLY ABUSED LAST MARCH IT HAPPENED AT A SECRET FACILITY RUN BYHE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. BACK IN THIS COUNTRY: FORMER NEW YORK CITY MAR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG PLANS TO SPEND $80 MILLION TO HELP DEMOCRATS IN 2018 MID-TERM ELECTIONS. THE BILLIONAIRE SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF SHOWS IT'S A BAD IDEA FOR E PARTY TO CONTROL BOTH THE WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESS.SP HIDING APPEARS LIKELY TO EXCEED THAT OF OTHER BIG DONORSE F.B.I.S ARRESTED A WESTUP VIRGINIA STATEME COURT JUSTICE, ALLEN LOUGHRY TODAY, ON A 22-COUNT INDICTMENT. HE'S ACCUSED OF MAIL FRAUD, MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS AND WITNESS TAMPERING. THE CHARGES STEM FROM ALLEGATIONS THAT HE LIED ABOUT ALLEGEDLY USING HIS OFFICE FOR PERSONAL GAIN. POPE FRANCIS ORDERED THE RETIRED ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON, D.C.-E CARDINALORE McCARRICK-- REMOVED FROM PUBLIC MINISTRY TODAY. THE VATICAN SAID THERE'S A "CREDIBLE AND SUBSTANTIATED" CLAIM THAT McCARRICK ABUSED A TEENAGER IN NEW YORK, MORE THANY RS AGO. IN A STATEMENT, THE 87-YEAR-OLDS CARDINALD HE HAS "NO RECOLLECTION" OF THE INCIDENT.ET AND ON WALL STTHE DOW 4,NES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE LOST 42 POINTS TO CLOSE AT7. NDE NASDAQ ROSE 56 POINTS, THE S&P 500 ADDED ALMOST 5. STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: WHAT CAUSES SO MANY CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS TO SEEK REFUGE IN THE UNITED STATES, TALKING WITH TRUMP SUPPOERS ABOUT FAMILY SEPARATION, TRADE AND MORE, INSIDE T EFFORT TO PROVIDE RUNNING WATER TO THE NAVAJO NATION, AND MUCH MORE.

>> Woodruff: LET'S RETURN TO THE SEPARATION OF IMMIGRATION FAMILIES AT THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER AND THE IMPACT THIS IS HAVING ON THE CHILDREN. THE PRESIDENT HAS CHANGED COURSE TO SAY HE WILL KEEP DETAINED FAMILI TOGETHER. BUT AS JOHN YANG TELLS US, THERE ARE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE MOELTERS BEING USED NOW AND WHAT'S HAPPENING T THANHO 2,300 CHILDRENAVE BEEN SEPARATED.

>> Reporter: JUDY, NOT MANY DETAILS WERE KNOWN ABOUT WHERE AND UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN FORCIBLY APARATED FROM THEIR PAREN THE BORDER ARE BEING HELD UNTIL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTE THE LOCATIONS OF THREE OF THEM. TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S KNOWN ABOUT THEM-- AND THE PSYCHOLOGICALET IMPACT THEIRTION CAN HAVE- - WE ARE JOINED BY MARTHA MENDOZA, AN ASSOCIATED PRESS NATIONAL WRITER WHO HELPED BREA, THE STND DR. COLLEEN KRAFT, A PRACTICING PEDIATRICIAN WHO IS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS. SHE HAS VISITED SHELTER WHERE SOME CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DETAINED. MARTDBACK LET ME BEGIN WITH YOU. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE SHELTERS, WHERE THEY ARE, WHO IS RUNNING THEM?

>> SURE. WE KNOW OF THREE IN TEXAS, IN E RIO GRANDE VALLEY AREA AND A FOURTH ONE THAT'S PLANNED FOR IN HOUSTON. AND THEY ARE RUN BY NON-PROFITS THAT RUN OTCHHEILDREN'S SHELTERS. UNTIL MARCH THEY HAD BEEN RUN BY A GRUP CALLED INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS.LT THESE WERE SS FOR YOUNGEST CHILDREN. BUT IN MARCH THE GOVERNMENT ENDED THAT CONTRACT. SO NOW TWO OTHER NON-PROFITS ARE RUNNING THEM.

>> Yang: AND THESARE BEING RUN, AS YOU SAY, UNDER CONTRACT OF THE GOVERNMENT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S OFFICE OF REFUGEE RE WILL CONTRACT WITH AGENCIES TO STAFF BASICALLY 24-HOUR DAY CARE CENTERS AND TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS.

>> Yang: SO THESE ARE CENTERS DESIED FOR CHILDREN?

>> WELL, ACTUALLY BECAUSE UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE CHILDREN WHO WERE STAYING WITH THE PARENTS WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG, SO THESE PLACES HAD TO BE RECONFIGURED TO MAKE THEM APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH LITTLE CHILDREN.

>> Yang: TALK ABOUT THAT. SO "LITTLE CHILDREN." I KNOW THERE IS SOME DISCRETION ON THE PAT OF THE OFFICERS AT THE BORDER ABOUT SEPARATING CHILDREN WHO ARE I THINK THE TERM IS NON-VERBAL, WHO AREN'T SPEAKING YET. HOW YOUNG IS TOO YOUNG TO BE TAKING THESE CHILDREN AWAY FROM WHAT YOUR REPORTING HAS LEARNED?

>> WELL, THENE FEDERAL GOVER HAS WHAT THEY CALL TENDER AGE, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING TM, AND SOME AGENCIES SAY IF YOU'RE UNDER 12 YOU'RE TENDER AG SOME AGENCIES SAY IF YOU'RE UNDER FIVE YOU'RE OF TENDEAGE I HAVE NOT HEARD A MINIMUM AGE AT WHICH THEY WILL SAY THIS KID NEEDH TO STAY WITEIR PARENT. KIDS WHO DON'T GO INTO THESE GROUP SHELTERS GOING TO FOSTER CA T AND TODAY I SPOKE WIE LARGEST PROVIDER OF THAT REFUGEE FOST CARE,THANY CHRISTIAN. THEIR YOUNGEST IS EIGHT MONTHSOL

>> Yang: WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT FOSTER CARE?

>> SO THEY HAVE 99 PS ED YICHIGAN AND MARYLAND, AND THE ASSIGN KIDS TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE SOME TRAINING D FOSTER PARENT THESE REFUGEE KIDS VERY YOUNG. WHAT THEY TOLD ME IS THAT THE KIDS ARE DISTRAUGHT. AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE HEAR IS HAPPENING INSIDE THESE SHELTERS. THESE KIDS ARE VERY, VERY FRIGHTENED. THEY FALL ASLEEP CRYING, AND THEN THEY WAKE UP CRYING.

>> Yang: THAT'S A GOOD POINT TO BRING IN. DR. KRAF YOU VISITED ONE OF THESE SHELTERS ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER, THE MEXICAN BORDER WITH TEXAS. TEMPERATURE US WHAT YOU SAW.

>> WELL, I VISITED THE SHELTER IN APRIL 2018, AND THE FIRST ROOM WE VISITED WAS THE TODDLER ROOM. WE WALKED IN, AND THE SHELTER IS EQUIPPED WITH TOYS AND BOOKS AND CRIBS AND BLANKETS AND HAS A MEY FEEL TO IT. BUT THE CHILDREN WERE REALL REMARKABLE WHEN WE WALKED IN THERE. WHEN YOU NORMALLY WALK INTO A ROOM WITH TODDLERS, TLOY ARE AND RAMBUNCTIOUS AND PLAYING AND MOVING AROUND, AND THESE CHILDREN WE' EERILY QUIET, EXCEPT FOR ONE LITTLE CHILD WHO WAS CRYING AND SOBBING AND INCONSOLABLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM. NEXT TO HER WAS ONE OF THE SHELTER WORKERS WHO WAS TRYING TO GIVE HER A TOY OR TRYING TO GIVE HER A BOO AND THIS CHILD WAS NOT RESPONDING. THE STAFF WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PICK THEM UP OR TOUCH THEM OR CONSOLE THESM, AND A AN OBSERVER AND A PEDIATRICIAN, I FELT TOTALLY HELPLESS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CHILD NEEDED HER MOTHER, AND I EW THAT ALL OF THOSE CHILDREN NEEDED THEIR MOTHERS. WHEN YOU HAVE TODDLERS WHO ARE NOT INTERACTING WITH OTHER TODDLERS AND JUST QUIET ANDT LOOKING YOU, THAT IS JUST AS ABNORMAL AS THAT CHILWHO IS CRYING AND WAILINGH

>> Yang: ANDE PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, HAS SIGNED ABORDER THIS AFTERNOON ENDING THIS PRACTICE. THERE ARE GOING TO BE. THE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE REUNITED. DOES THAT END THE PROBLEM? OR HAS DAMAGE BEEN DONE?

>> SO WHEN YOU SEPARATE PARENTS AND CHILDREN, THESE CHILDREN HAVE INCREASED AMOUNTS OF DISTRESS HORMONES, THE FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT HORMONE IN THEIR SYSTEM, AND THIS IS ALREADY DISRUPTING THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF SOCIAMAND EOTIONAL BONDING, SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND GROWTH MOTOR. AND THEY HAVE BEEN TRAUMATIZED. AND SO REUNITING THEM WITH THE PARENTS IS THE FIRST RIGHT THING TO DO. THE QUESTION IS THE IMPLEMENTATION. WHEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? HODOES THAT HAPPEN? DOES THIS FAMILY UNIT STAY IN A PLACE THAS COMFORTING OR A PLACE THAT RETRAUMATIZES THESE SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REUNIFICATION.

>> Yang: HOW FAR IN THE FUTURE COULECWE SEE EFF IN THESE CHILDREN, THE EFFECTS OF THEIR DETENTION?

>> THE EFFECTS OF TRAUMA AND SEPARATION FROM PARENTS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD SEE LIFE LONG PROBLEMS WITH. THE EFFECT IS MUCH MORE HIGHLY MANIFESTED WITH VERY YOUNG CHILDREN, AND FROMHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME BUT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC FOR ANY CHILD. ANWE'LL HAVE TO LOAT THE LENS OF HOW DO WE FEEL THE TRAUMA THAT'S ALREADY BEN OFLICTED AND NOT HAVE ANY MORE TRAUMA BE INFLICT THESE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

>> Yang: ARE THEY LIKELY TO NEED CARE AND TREATMENT FOR THIS TRAUMA IN THE FUTURE?

>> VERY LIKELY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO SEE SOME TRAUMA-FOCUSED TREATMENT FOR THESE FAMILY ITS AND FOR THESE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BOND AGAIN WITH PARENTS SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO SPEAK AND COMMUNICATE AND LEARN AND DEVELOP.

>> Yang: THE ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS KEEP SAYING THESE CHILDREN ARE BEING CARED FOR IN THE BEST QUALITY POSSIBLE, BUTEM YOU O BE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER, THAT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS IS THE MAIN ISSUE.

>> THE FOUNDATATNAL RELNSHIP BETWEEN A PARENT AND CHILD IS WHAT SETS THE STAGE FOR THAT CHILD'S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT, FOR R EIR LEARNING, FOR THEIR CHILD HEALTH, FOHEIR ADULT HEALTH. AND YOU COULD HAVE THE NICFAEST LITY WITH THE NICEST EQUIPMENT AND TOYS AND GAMES, D BUT IF YN'T HAVE THAT PARENT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CARING ADULT THATAN BUFFER THE TRESS THAT THESE KIDS FEEL, THEN YOU'RE TAKING AWAY THE BASIC SCIENCE OF WHAT WE KNOW HELPS PEDIATRICS.

>> Yang: D. COLLEEN KRFT, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, AND MARTHA MENDOZA OF THE ASSOCIATION, THANKS SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Woodruff: THE CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRATION POLICY BEGIN FAR FROM THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. THE FIRST STEP IS A FAMILY-- USUALLY CENTRAL AMERICAN-- STARTING A LONG, DESPERATEJO NEY NORTH. FOR YEARS THE NEWSHOUR HAS REPORTED ON THE REASONS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE TAKE SUCH ENORMOUS RISKS TO GET TO THE UNITED STATES. FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT NICK SCHIFRIN REVISITS A FEW OF EIR STORIES.

>> Reporter: THE PRIMARY REASON MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN RISK SUCH A PERILOUS PASSAGE NORTH, IS BECAUSE IT IS SAFER THAN STAYING AT HOME.OP FOR THESE , THE UNITED STATES REPRESENTS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER LIFE. ULD THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE U.S. IS THE DIFFTO-REACH DESTINATION. MANY ARE FROM THE AREA KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE OF EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, AND HONDURAS, WHERE CIVIL WARS IN THE 1980S LEFT A LEGACY OF WEAK GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIES, AND BRUTAL VIONCE. AND AS I DISCOVERED LAST YEAR, MANY OF THEIR JOURNEYS BEGIN WITH A LITTLE OPTIMISM AND A LOT OF FAITH.

>> Reporter: ON THIS BORDER, THN OF THE WATER IS THE SOUND OF HOPE. THE SUCHIATE RIVER SEPARATES GUATEMALA FROM THE SOUTHERN MEXICAN STATE OF CHIAPAS. EVERY DAY, THOUSANDS OF CENTRAL AMERICANS CROSS NORTH, DREAMING MORE PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS LIVES. THERE'S NO SECURITY AND NOAU ORITIES. THE RAFTS ARE INNER TUBES WITH PLYWOOD PLANKS.TR ENTIRE FAMILIEEL TOGETHER. WOMEN BRING THEIR CHILDREN. EACH CROSSING COSTS 50 CENTS, BUT MANY CAN'T AFFORD THAT, SO, ON THIS DAY, THE WATER IS LOW ENOUGH TO WALK ACROSS FOR FREEFO BA. LEADING THE WAY IN THE BACKPACKS ARE 21-YEAR-OLD DILBER AVILA AND HIS 15-YEAR-OLD BROTHER, EDUARDO HERNANDEZ. THEY'RE FROM HONDURAS.

>> ( translated ):E'RE VERY POOR THERE. THE HOUSE WE LIVE IN IS MADE OF MUD. COULD COLLAPSE ON US AT ANY POINT. SO, WE WENT ON OUR WAY TO LOOK FOR A BETTER LIFE.

>> Reporter: THEY'RE UNSURE HOW FAR NORTH THEY WILL GO. THEY HAVE HEARD THE ROUTE IS DANGEROUS, BUT THEY'RE HOPEFUL AND WILLING TO SACRIFICE.

>> ( translated ): THIS PATH IS TRICKY. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT WILL GO. WITH THE HELP OF OUR LORD WATCHING OVER US AS WERAVEL, WE PRAY, AND HE SENDS ANGELS TO HELP US ON OUR JOURNEY.

>> Reporter: IN TOTAL, 450,000 PEOPLE ARE CROSSING THE BORDER EVERY YEAR. SOME WILL JUST GO FOR THE DAY TO SHOP OR SELL. BUT FOR MANY OTHERS, THIS IS THE FIRST MONT OF A LONG, DANGEROUS JOURNEY NORTH. GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, AND EL SALVADOR ARE THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST COUNIES OUTSIDE WAR ZONES. MANY OF THOSE WHO FLEE THE VIOLENCE DO MAKE IT HE U.S. AND AS PRODUCER P.J. TOBIA DISCOVERED IN 2014, MANY AUN ACCOMPANIED CHILDREN. D Reporter: LAST YEAR, 11-YEAR- OLD NODWIN SURVIJOURNEY DUAT HAS KILLED MANY ADULTS. HE TRAVELED FROMRAS TO THE U.S. BORDER OVER LAND ALMOST ENTIRELY BY HIMSELF. HE ALMOST DROWNED CROSSING THE RIO GRANDE RIVER NEAR TEXAS IN AN INFLATABLE RAFT.

>> ( translated ): THE BOAT SUFFERED A PUNCTURE, AND I WENT UNDER THE WATER, BUT I MANAGED TO GRAB ONTO AIECE OF WOOD, AND THAT'S HOW I SAVED MYSELF.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS HE MADE THIS DANGEUS JOURNEY BECAUSE HIS HOMETOWN IN HONDURAS HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY CRINAL GANGS.

>> ( translated ): BIG PEOPLE FORCE THE CHILDREN TO SELLAD THINGS, AND IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THEY RAPE THEM OR THEY KILL THEM.

>> Reporter: NODWIN ONCE WITNESSED A BOY HIS OWN AGE GANG-RAPED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AFTER THE CHILD REFUSED TO JOIN A LOCAL DRUG GANG.

>> ( translated ): THEY WERE STRIPPING A KID NAKED, AND I WENT TO TELL THE KID'S MOM. LATER, I WENT HOMEBUT I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE MY HOUSE, BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING TO ME.

>> Reporter: OF COURSE, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRY TO REACH THE EYS. ARE ECONOMIC MIGRANTS, HOPING TO MAKE MO HELP THEIR FAMILIES BACK HOME. MANY CROSS ILLEGALLY, START LIVES IN THE U.S., BUT THEN ARE CAUGHT, AND SENT BACK ACROSS THE BORDER. THEN THEY HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO TRY AND SNEAK BACK IN.

>> Reporter: JORGE RIVERA URIBE IS ONLY 19. HIS AMERICAN DREAM WAS TO PROVIDE MONEY FOR HIS O SISTERS, HIS WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER, AND HIS MOTHER, WHO HAS DIABETES.

>> ( translated ): I DON'T HAVE MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. SO, I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD EARN MORE MONEY TO GIVE THEM ALL A BETTER LIFE, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SUFFER.

>> Reporter: IN THE U.S., HE WAS BUILDING HOMES, MAKING IN ONE DAY WHAT IT TAKES A WEEK TO MAKE IN MEXICO. BUT THE BORDER IS NOCH MORE DANGEROUS. LAST MONTH, TRIED TO SNEAK INTO THE U.S. WITHOUT PAYING THE $500 CHARGED BY LOCAL DRUG CARTS. THEY ALMOST BEAT HIM TO DEATH.

>> ( translated ): THEY TOLD ME, IF THEY FI ME CROSSING AGAIN, THEY WILL BLOW MY HEAD OFF. THEY DON'T KNOW I'M ALIVE. IF THEY DID, THEWOULD HAVE COME FOR ME. THAT'S WHY I WANT TO LEAVE HERE. I WON'T LET EM KILL ME.

>> Reporter: FOR THE IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE HERE LEGALLY, MANY INTEGRATE AND START FAMILIES.R EARLIS YEAR, THOUSANDS OF SALVADORAN IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE NOTIFIED THEY WILL LOSE WHAT'S KNOWN AS "TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS", AND WILL HAVE TO LEAVE THE UNIASD STATES. ANORRESPONDENT FRED DE SAM LAZARO DISCOVERED, THAT WOULD MEAN LEAVING THE HOMES OF THEIR BIRTHS.

>> Reporter: 12-YEAR-OLD DAYNA WORRIES ABOUT LEAVING THE ONLY HOME SHE'S EVER KNOWN, AS SHE AND FOUR-YEAR-OLD BROTHER ANDRES WOULD HAVE TO ACCOMPANY THEIR PARENTS.

>> WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TOHEE OVER THERE AND HOW ARE CONDITIONS IT IS IN EL SALVADOR. IT'S LIKE IT'S KIND OF DANGEROUS TO BE THERE.

>> Reporter: INDEED, ENRIQUE VELASCO, WHO HAS MADE A GOOD LIVING WORKING CONSTRUCTION JOBS IN CALIFORNIA, SAYS HE WORRIES ABOUT RETURNING TO AN INCREASINGLY VIOLENT COUNTRY.Y >>AR IS THAT, A LOT OF CASES, YOU TAKE ALL YOUR SAVINGS, ALL YOUR MONEY, ANDME SOMEPEOPLE CAN STEAL EVERYTHING FROM YOU.E. IT'S NOT SAF>> eporter: TO DISCOVER WHAT MIGHT AWAIT THE VELASCOS, WEHE MADE T,300-MILE JOURNEY FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO EL SALVADOR'S CAPITAL, SAN SALVADOR. HEAVILY ARMED POLICE AND SOLDIERS SEEM EVERYWHERE, IN RESPONSE TO AN EPIDEMIC OF GANG VIOLENCE OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES, WHICH HAS EMPTIED ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS WHOSE FAMILIES HAVE FLED IN TERROR.

>> LAST YEAR, EL SALVADOR BECAME AGAIN THE MOST VIOLENT COUNTRY AS MEASURED BY HOMICIDE RATES IN LATIN AMERICA.

>> Reporter: TO TALK MORE ABOUT WHY SO MANY TRY TO GET HERE, AND THE IMPACT OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES, I'M JOINED BY JASON MARCZAK, THE DI COUNCIL'S ADRIENNE ARSHT LATIN AMERICA CENTER.TH ANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Schifrin: THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE OR THAT WE HEARD FROM ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WE JUST HEARD FROM, ARE THEY GETTING ANR? BET

>> THERE ARE ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THE PROBLEMS IN THE NOIARTHERN LE, BUT THIS IS A LONG-TERM PROBLEM. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT'S BEEN BREWING FOR QUITEOME TIM IT'S THE RESULT OF THE CIVIL WARS IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE AND THE LACK OF FULL RECONCILIATION, THE ARM, THE GUNS THAT PERVADE AS PART OF THAT, THE GANGS, THE EL ADORIAN GANGS THAT WERE TRAINED IN LOS ANGELES AND THEN SHIPPED BACK HOME. SO TH SITUATION, E THREE COUNTRIES IS PRETTY DIRE. L THERE'S A HIVEL OF VIOLENCE, HIGH LEVELS OF VIOLENCE IN RURAAREAS, IN COMMUNITIES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AS WELL. PEOPLE ARE OFTENTIMES ARFUL OF EVEN WALKING OUT THEIR FRONT DOOR, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF WHAT HIGH HAPPEN TO THEM, BUT WHAT HIGH HAPPEN TO THEIR CHILDREN, FORCIBLE GANG RECRUIT. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE LVIEA SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION. IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW FORCEFUL THE POLICIES ARE AT THE BORDER, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO NORTH BECAUSE THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO STAY HOME AND TO RISK THEIR OWN LIVES.

>> Schifrin: SO THE GO NORTH, BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE STOPPING IN MEXICO NOW. MORE ARE STOPPING IN MEXICO NOW, WHY?

>> PARTLY BECAUSE MEXICO STEPPED UP THEIR EFFORTS. TAKE US BACK TO 2014 WHEN YOU HAD 60 TO 80,000 UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. AT THAT TIME MEXICO DECIDED IT WAS IN ITS INTEREST TO BE HELPFUL IN THIS REGARD AN MEXICO BEGAN A SOUTHERN BORDER PROGRAM AS WELL AS MEXICO BEGAN TO DO MORE PROCESSING IN COUNTRY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES. SO MEXICO HAS INCREASINGLY SEEN THE PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE AS IT'S PROBLEMS, AS WELL, AND HAS BEEN TRYING TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY MUCH MORE SO THAN IN THO E PAST TY TO SOLVE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

>> Schifrin: WHAT THE TRU ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE ON THE BORDER, AS YOU JUST PUT IT, IS THIS POLICY OF UP UNTILODAY SEPARATING PARENTS FROM CHILDREN. THEY SAY THEHOPE IT WAS A DETERRENT FROM PEOPLE TO COME TO THE BORDER. IS THERE ANY IDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY DETERRED PEOPLE FROM COMING TO THE BORDER?

>> IMMIGRATION BY PUSH AND PULL FACTORS. THOPUSH FACTORS WILLNTINUE, PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO LEAVE, AINLE THE COMMUNITIES RE VERY VIOLENT, AND ALSO WHILE THERE IS A LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. THE U.S. HAS COMMITTED SINCEP 2014RD OF ABOUT $2 BILLION. MOST OF THAT MONEY HAS NOT FLOWED INTO THE REGION ITSELF. THIS NEEDS TO BE A LONG-TERM PLAN WITH A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE DID IN COLOMBIA. 15 YEARS, $10 BILLION. THAT'S THE TYPE OF EFFORT, EVEN MORE SO THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY IN THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE TO REALLY IMPROVE ECONOMIC CONDION, BUT EVEN MORE SO IMPROVE THE SECURITY CONDITIONS.

>> Schifrin: DOES THAT MEAD N AT THE THE DAY, NO MATTER IHAT THE POLICY IS ON THE BORDER, IT WHATL HAVE MORE IMPACT ON THE FLOW OF PEOPLE FROM CENTRAL AMERICA IS WSA HAPPENING IN THE CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES?

>> PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES UNLESS THEY'RERC TO. AND MOST OF THESE MIGRANTS ARE COMING NORTH ARE COMING NORTH BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTH OPTION. IF WE CAN GIVE AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE TO STAY HOME, PEOPLE WILL TAKE IT. THE FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE BORDER OFTENTIMES... THAT'S OUTWEIGHED BY THE FENDR OF THE KNOWN, THE FEAR OF THE KNOWN IS THE VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRIES. THEMSELV

>> Schifrin: IS THERE ANYTHING THE U.S. CAN DO AT THE BORDER TO TRY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM COMING ACROSS?

>> THE REAL SOLION IS BACK IN COUNTRY. VE THE BORDER ITSELF, WHAT'S NECESSARY IS TO H POLICY THAT KEEPS FAMILIES TOGETHER, A POCY THAT DOESN'T RESULT IN MORE HARDSHIP FOR THESE PEOPLE. AS YOU SAW IN THEEGMENTS BEFOREHAND, PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED AN INCREDIBLY TREACHEROUS JOURNEY TO COME NORTH, AND THE UNITED STATES, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COUNTRY OF BEING WELCOME AND OPEN ARM, SHOULD RECOGNIZE HOW TREACHEROUS THOSE JOURNEYS WERE AND TRY TO PROVIDE THE COUNSELING AND CONSULTATION THAT WILL BE SO CRITICAL AS PEO ENDURE THOSE JOURNS BUT ALSO LEFT AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, OLENT SITUATION IN THE COUNTRIES THEMSELVES.

>> Schifrin: JASON MARCZAK, M THANK YOU VECHFUL.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> Woodruff: AT THE END OF THIS EVENTFUL DAY OF NEWS, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS FLOWNED TO MIDWEST THE RALLY SOME OF HIS BASE OF SUPPORTERS. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT YAMICHE ALCINDOR IS ALSO THERE.

>> Reporter: LEAVING T IMMIGRATION FIRESTORM IN WASHINGTON BEHIND, THE PRESIDENT LANDED IN MINNESOTA TO MEET A FAR FRIENDLIER CROWD.IT HIS FIRST VISIT TO A STATE HE DID NOT WIN DURING THE 2016 ELECTION.AR HEWLY LOST THEN, AND HOPES HIS VISIT TODAY WILL BOLSTER REPUBLICANS HERE IN NOVEMBERLO THERE'S AT STAKE: VOTERS WILL CAST BALLOTS FOR TWO SENATE RACES, A NUMRAR OF KEY HOUSE S AND THE GOVERNOR'S SEAT.

>> WE CAN'T BE COMPLACENT AS REPUBLICANS.

>> Reporter: TRUMP SUPPORTERS-- LIKE 58-YEAR-OLD RANDY THOM-- WAITED IN LINE FOR HOURS. RANDY TRAVELED FROM HIS HOME IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO ATTEND HIS 33RD TRUMP RALLY. HE SUPPORTED THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY OF SEPARATING IMMIGRANT CHILDREN FROM THEIR FAMILIES.

>> WELL, THEY ARE BREAKING THE LAW.TH CAME ACROSS THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. IF YOU COME ACROSS THAT'S BREAKING THE LAW. WHAT'S MESSED UP IS THEY'RE SHOWING THEIR KIDS IT'S OKAY TO BREAK OUR LAWS RIGHT OFF THE BAT.

>> Reporter: FROM TRADE TO NORTH KOREA TO THE ECONOMY, RANDY SAYS HE IS REAPING THE BENEFITS EVERY DAY OF PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING IN OFFICE.

>> MY BUSINESS PERSONALLY HAS PICKED UP QUITE A BIT. AND I ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE ECONOMY GROWING SO MUCH. PRESIDENT TRUMP TO ME IS THE GREATEST LEADER, GREATEST PRESIDENT THAT WE'VE HAD IN MY LIFETIME. ST Reporter: OTHERS WHO CAME TO THE RALLY WEDNESDACK A SIMILAR TONE.

>> HE'S DOING A GREAT JOB. TI WAS SO EXCIT COME TODAY AND POTENTIALLY BE UP CLOSE AND MAEN SHAKE HIS HAND.

>> I'M PROUD THAT HE HASN'T BACKED DOWN. I'M PROUD THAT HE HAS STOOD BEHIND WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO D

>> GOOD WOR

>> Reporter: NOT EVERYONE IN DULUTH IS AS WELCOMING. RICH UPDEGROVE PLANS TO ATTEND A PROTEST OF THE PRESIDENT'SVI T. THE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND DEMOCRAT SEES PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLIES AS DANGEROUS, POINTIN TO THE ADMINISTRATION'S FAMILY SEPARATION POLICY AS PARTICULARLY DISTURBING.

>> IT'S INHUMANE TREATMENT. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HAS CALLED IT TORTURE THAT OUR COUNTRY IS PARTICIPATING INORTURE. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THAT IS RLLY HAPPENING HERE TO POSSIBLY 2,000 CHILDREN. IT'S APPALLING. IT JUST IES IN THE FACE OF I THINK WHO WE WANT TO BE AS AMERICANS.

>> Reporter: FOLLOWING THE 2016 ELECTION, RICH IS NERVOUS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HIS STATE. HE HOPES VOTERS WILL SEE THICH ELECTION AS CE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO BE HE? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE SEE THAT THIS IS NOT THE NEW NORMAL. IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP AND YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE ESPECILY IN A CONSIDERATE WAY YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING AND I THINK WE NEED TO SHOW IN A COMMUNITY LIKE DULUTHE THAT WE IFFERENT VALUES AND THAT WILL STAND BEHIND THOSE ISLUES.

>> Reporter: RICOT ALONE IN THIS LAKEFRONT CITY.

>> I'M HERE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE PRESIDENT IS A VERY DANGEROUS MAN. IS UNITING PEOPLE IN HATE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO MY PART TO JUST HAVE A VOICE WHILE I CAN.

>> Reporter: DESPITE GROWING CRITICISM, WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS SAEPRESIDENT TRUMP PLANS TO ON THE ROAD FREQUENTLY THIS SUMMER.

>> Woodruff: AND YAMICHE JOINS FROM DULUTH SO YAMICHE, WERE -- BEFORE I CAN YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE PEOPLE YOU TALKED WITH THERE TODAY, QUI NCY "T YORK TIMES" IS REPORTING TONIGHT, THEY'RE QUOTING A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMVIAN SERS OFFICIAL AS SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE NO EFFORTS MADE IMEDIATELY TO REUNITE THESE 2,300 CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILIES BACK WITH THEIR PARENTS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?

>> Reporter: THAT'S A CRITICAL DISTINCTION. "THE NEW YORK TIMES" AND SEVERAL 300LETS ARE SAYING THE 2, KIDS THAT ARE IN DETENTION CENTERS ARE NOT GOING TO BED GRANDFATHETO THIS CHANGE. THE PRESIDENT IS BLAMING MEXICO FOR HAVING EVESIGNED THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER. HE'S ALREADY IN DULUTH BACKTRACKING WHAT HE SIGNED TODAY. BUT WE KNOW THESE KIDS WHO THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS PROVED BY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE T SEE THEIR PARENTS ANY TIME SOON.

>> Woodruff: SO YAMICHE, YOU HAVE BEEN IN MINNESOTA FOR TWO DAYS NOW. YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH FOLKS THERE. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING ABOUT IS REVERSAL POLICY CHANGE ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT?

>> PEOPLE ARE REALLY TORN HEL . THEY T THAT THEY WANT THE PRESIDENT TO BE COMPASSIONATE, BUT THEY ALSO FEEL LIKE HE'S CAVING TO UNFAIR PRESSURE. THE PRESIDENT REALLY HAS A BASE HERE THAT BACKS HIM 100% IN ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES. ONE MAN TOLD ME, THOUGH, THAT HE IS REALLY UPSET THAT FAMILIES AREN'T GOING TO BE SEPARATED AYS THEY BECAUSE HE NEED TO BE SEPARATED BECAUSE HE WANT THEM TO HAVE A MESSAGE TO NOT COME HERE, AND THAT AMERICAN CULTURE IS REALLY ON THE LINE. HOWEVER, ANOTHER WOMAN, A MOTHER AND A GRANDMOTHE TOLD ME SHE APPRECIATED THAT THE PRESIDENT COULD ADMIT HE WAS WRONG AND SHE THOUGHT HE WAS DOING THAT TODAYE WHEN HE SITHE EXECUTIVE ORDER.

>> Woodruff: FINALLY, YAMICHE, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED OUT WHY THE PRESIDENT CHANGED HIS MIND AFTER SAYING THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO, IT WAS UP TO CONGRESS?

>> WELL, FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS PRESIDENT TRUMP HASRELLY BEEN POLITICAL TEFLON. AE'S BEEN ABLE TO NAVIGATE SCANDAL AFTER SCNDAL, BUT TODAY HE AND REPUBLICANS LEARNED THAT THEIR LIMIT WAS DS IN CAGES. THE PRESIDENT WAS TRYING TO GET BEHIND THE SPECTACLE THAT THEE WHITE HOULD NOT AVOID. THE PRESIDENT'S WIFE,IRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP, AND HIS DAUGHTER IVANKA TRUMP, BOTH SPOKEO THE PRESIDENT AND APPEALED TO HIM TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE. THE THING AS YOU SAID AT THEG BEGINN THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE IN THE SURE WHETHER OR NOT THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP THE KHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS PROVED BY. SO IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT'S EXECUTIVE ORDER LL BE ACTUALLY ABLE TO HELP THESE KIDS THAT MELANIA AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE TALKING TO HIM ABOUT.

>> Woodruff: YAMICHE ALCINDOR COVERING THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT IN DULUTH, MINNESOTA. THANKS, YAMICHE.

>> Woodruff: LACK OF ACCESS TO RUNNING WATER IS AN ISE IN MANY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S ALSO A PROBLEE INNITED STATES. THE SPRAWLING NAVAJO NATION RESERVATION IS THE SIZE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND SPREADS ACROSS 13 COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA AND UTAH. TOECIAL CORRESPONDENT FRED DE SAM LAZARO TRAVELEHEROUX, NEW MEXICO AND HAS THIS REPORT NEW EFFORTS TO GET ON T GRID TO GET THE WATER. IT'S PART OF HIS ONGOING SERIESG AGENTS FOR CE AND THIS WEEK'S "LEADING EDGE" SEGMENT. SHE IS THEIR LINKED TO WORLD OUTSIDE PATIENT LOAD LITERALLY A LIFELINE.

>> THE KIDS ARE LLING, RUNNING TO THE WATER TRUCK WHEN I COME UP TO THEIR HOUSE.

>> Reporter: SHE'S KNOWN AS THE WATER LADY IN A REGION WHERE E 40% OF RESIDENTS HAVNO ACCESS TO WINNING WATER. MANY LIVE IN SUCH POVERTY THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD LARGE CONTAINERS.DA OFTEENE DELIVERS MORE THAN JUST WATER, WORKING WITH HER CHURCH AND OTHER CHITS, SHE HELPS THIS FAMILY AT THE ONSET OF LAST WINTER.

>> I BROUGHT THEM FOOD. I BROUGHT A TRAILER. WE GAVE OUT SOME BLANKETS TO COVER THEM. AT THAT TIME IT WAS SNOWING.

>> Reporter: IT GETS COLD HERE.

>> YES, IT GETS VERY COLD AND THE ONLY HEATING WE HAVE HERE IS WOOD.

>> Reporter: BACK AT TINA BICENTI'S HOUSE, WORKERS HAVE FINISHED THE PLUMBING WORK AND

>> I WANTED TO HAVE MY CHILDREN HAVE MORE OPENPACE FOR THEM TO RUN AROUND AND TO HAVE

>> Reporter: WHAT THEY GAVE FE ARE SOME OF MOST BASIC AMENITIES IN AMERICA: WAELECTRICITY AND RUNNING TER. EVEN USING THE TOILET INVOLVES A TRIP TO GRANDMA'S HOUSE.

>> I'M PLANNING TO GET A PORT-A- POTTY. I'M PLANNING TO GET A PORT-A-POTTY. AS FOR THE SHOWER AND THE BATH, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL I HAV E A WATER LINE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I CAN'T GET THAT.

>> Reporter: TO GET CONNECTED TO THE MAIN WATER LINE COULD TAKE UP TO 15 YEARS AND COST MORE THAN $12,000. ALTHOUGH BICENTI WORKS FULL- TIME, SHE CAN'T AFRD THAT LUXURY RIGHT NOW.

>> FOR A LONG TIME WE TOLD THOSE PEOPLE, JUST WAIT. UNFRACTURE WILL CATCH UP WITH YOU. WELL, INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT COMING.

>> WHEN THE BACKHOE IS ACTIVE, EVERYONE NEEDS THEAVE HARD HAT ON.

>> Reporter: THAT INCLUDES 18,000 HOMES IN THE NAVAJO NATION. WELLS ARE NOT AN OPTION FOR THE HOMEOWNERS.A THERE IS NO RANTEE OF CLEAN WATER.

>> A LACK OF CLEAN WATER IN THE UNITED STATES DOES EXACTLY THE SAMEITHING TO FAMILIE DOES AROUND THE WORLD. IT IMPACTS THEIR HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO HOLD DOWN A JOB TO, GET AN E UCATION, THEIRILITY TO SPEND TIME WITH THEIR KIDS TO, PLAY TO, HAVE HAPPY LIFE.

>> Reporter: DIG DEEP'SSO TION IS AN OFF-GRID SYSTEM THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE A UTILITY HOOKUP. TINA HAVE A TINA'S IS ONE OF HOS FITTERRED WITH SYSTEMS TO BRING DRINKING WATER DIRECTLY INTO THE HOME.

>> IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAUL WATER. WE'LL HAVE ITERE. IT WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE THE GIRLS BATH IN THE SINK BECAUSE THEYE STILL SMALL. AND IT WILL ALLOW GOOD DRINKING WATER.

>> Reporter: AS MORE OF THESE 1,200-GALLON CISTERNS ARE INVOLVED, THERE IS A NEED FOR A MORE CONVENIENT WATESOURCE. SO DIG DEEP IS LOOKING FOR SPOTS DRILL MORE COMMUNITY WELLS LIKE THIS ONE A IT'S A COSTD TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS. THE FIRST TASK WHEN WATER COM OUT OF THIS HOLE IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S PREOF CONTAMINANTS, URANIUM FROM OLD MINES IS A COMMON ONE. IF IT CHECKS OUT AS CLEAN, THIS WELL WILL BRING HUGE SAVINGS FOR HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES WHO COME FROM MILES AROUND HERE. ON AVERAGE RESIDENTS OF THE NAVAE RSERVATION PAY 13 CENTS FOR A GALLON OF WATER. THAT IS 72 TIMES WHAT A TYPICALA RATE PAYERINTS IN SUBURBAN ARIZONA OR NEW MEXICO.

>> WE SND A LOT OF OUR TIME OUT HERE WORKING ON WATER PROJECTS BUT A LOT MORE TIME IN OUR OFFICE IN LOS ANGELES, FORAN INSTCE, TRYING TO CONVINCE EVERYBODY IN AMERICA THEY SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PROBLEM, .ARE ABOUT IT, AND WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT

>> Reporter: LAST YEAR DIG DEEP DID MANAGE TOVI CONE SOME NEARBY ROTARY CLUB, WHICH PLEDGED SOME $75,000, WHICH WILL FUND ABOUT 18 INSLLATIONS LIKE THIS ONE IN TINS HOME. THE COMPANY HAS LONG BEEN INVOLVED IN WATER PROJECTS W AROUND THERLD, BUT JIM BISSONNETTE FROM SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, SAID THEY NEVER IMAGINED DOING THIS WORK IN THEIR OWN BACKYARD.

>> IT'S A SHOCK TO THINK PEOPL IN THE UNITED STATES DON'T HAVE RUNNING WATER.TH WE'LL CHANGLIVES OF THIS FAMILY DRAMATICALLY FROM CARRYING WATER IN PICE JARS ACTUALLY HAVING RUNNING WATER. THAT'S A GREAT FEEteNG.

>> Reporr: THEY WILL HAVE A FEW SMALL LUXURIES WITH THE ROOFTOP SOLAR PANEL AND ALSO SOME BASIC L.E.D. LIGHTING.

>> LIGHTS.AV WEPOWER.

>> Reporter: PROJECTS LIKE THESE ALSO HELP TRAIN ANDWO PROVID THAT CAN KEEP LOCAL TALENT LOCAL. 22-YEAR-OLD NIE'S SKILLS CAN FETCH A JOB ANYWHERE IN AMERICA, BUT SHE'S THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO AY IN THE PLACE SHE CALLS HOME.

>> YOU GET TO KNOW THE FAMILIES WHEN YOU PUT IN THE SYSTEM. YOU GET TO KNOW THEIR BACKGROUND. IT'S WHERE I GREW A, SO IT' GOOD FEELING KNOWING THAT YOU'RE HELPINWHERE YOU GREW UP. R orter: FINALLY AT THE END OF A LONG DAY, THE WATER LADY ARRIVED FOR HER BIG LIVERY. ITD ANNIE TIGHTENED THE LAST SCREWS. AS TIME TO GATHER AROUND THE SINK FOR AN IMPROMPTU CELEBRATION AS TINA TURNED ON THE FAUCET. A MUNDANEND GIANT LEAP FOR THIS FAMILY INTO THE MODERN WORLD THAT MANY OF HER NEIGHBO E STILL WAITING TO JOIN. FOR THE PBS NEWS HOUR, I' FRED DE SAM LAZARO IN THE NAVAJO NATION.

>> Woodruff: NOT TAKING WATER FOR GRANTEDDED.OR FRED'S REPNG IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNDER-TOLD STORIES PROJECT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS IN MINNESOTA. 6AND THAT'S THE NEWSHOUR FOR JUTONIGHT. I'M WOODRUFF. JOIN US ONLINE AND AGAIN HERE TOMORROW EVENING. FOR ALL OF US AT THE PBSTH NEWSHOURK YOU AND SEE YOU SOON.

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