>> NO HATE --

>> GOOD EVENING.

WELCOME TO "METROFOCUS."

I'M JENNA FLANAGAN.

PROTESTS, TWEETS AND DUE PROCESS

ON THE LINE.

THIS WEEKEND PEOPLE TOOK THEIR

FRUSTRATION TO THE STREETS.

PROTESTING NOT ONLY IN SUPPORT

OF THE FAMILIES WHO REMAIN

SEPARATED AT THE BORDER BUT THE

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT

CONTINUES TO PUSH FOR ZERO

TOLERANCE.

IN THE MIDST OF PROTESTS

YESTERDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP

SHOWED NO SIGNS OF SLOWING DOWN

HIS ANTI-IMMIGRATION EFFORTS.

AS HE RAMPED UP TO THE TASK

CALLING FOR IMMIGRANTS WHO

ILLEGALLY ENTER THE COUNTRY TO

BE DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT

JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

HE TWEETED, WE CAN NOT ALLOW

THESE PEOPLE TO INVADE OUR

COUNTRY.

WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN WE MUST

IMMEDIATELY WITH NO JUDGES OR

COURT CASES BRING THEM BACK FROM

WHERE THEY CAME.

OUR SYSTEM IS A MOCKERY TO GOOD

IMMIGRATION POLICY AND LAW AND

ORDER.

HE WENT ON TO TWEET, IMMIGRATION

MUST BE BASED ON MERIT.

WE NEED PEOPLE WHO WILL HELP TO

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

NOW, AS THE NATION AND LAWMAKERS

CONTINUE TO GRAPPLE WITH THE

IMMIGRATION CRISIS AT THE

BORDER, ONE ORGANIZATION IS

STEPPING IN TO HELP IMMIGRANTS

WHO SEEK REFUGE IN TRUMP'S

AMERICA.

AS PART OF OUR CHASING THE DREAM

INITIATIVE ON POVERTY AND

OPPORTUNITY IN AMERICA, WE ARE

TAKING A LOOK INSIDE THE

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE

ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK AND THE

EFFORTS TO GUIDE THOSE AT THE

BORDER.

JOINING ME IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MONSIGNOR SULLIVAN.

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> FIRST OF ALL, FOR PEOPLE WHO

ARE NOT CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT IT

IS THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION DOES,

WHAT DOES CATHOLIC CHARITIES

OFFER?

>> IN THE AREA OF IMMIGRATION

SERVICES, WE DO TWO THINGS.

WE WELCOME NEW IMMIGRANT AND TRY

TO MAKE THEM PART OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETY.

SO FOR SOME IMMIGRANTS, WE

PROVIDE RESIDENCES OR THE

UNACCOMPANIED MINORS FOR A

TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME WHILE

THEY RESETTLE.

WE PROVIDE THOSE LEGAL SERVICES

TO IMMIGRANTS SO THAT THEY MIGHT

KNOW THEIR RIGHTS, SO THAT I

MIGHT BE PROTECTED AND IN THIS

CURRENT CRISIS WE ARE REALLY

COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT

THESE CHILDREN ARE REUNITED WITH

THEIR PARENTS.

>> NOW, WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY

DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS STEP UP

IN TERMS OF HELPING FAMILIES,

PROCESSING, REUNITING CHILDREN

WITH PARENTS, ET CETERA.

DOES CATHOLIC CHARITIES WORK IN

TANDEM OR SEPARATE FIEFDOMS?

>> IN THIS AREA THAT'S SUCH

GREAT COOPERATION AMONG ALL OF

THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP

IMMIGRANTS IN PARTICULAR -- AND

IN PARTICULAR THE CHILDREN.

YOU KNOW, FOR TEN YEARS THERE

HAVE BEEN UNACCOMPANIED MINORS

WHO HAVE IS COME TO THE BORDER

OF THIS COUNTRY AND OUR LAW SAYS

THAT IF A MINOR COMES TO THIS

COUNTRY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM

THE DUE PROCESS OF MAKING THEIR

CASES TO WHY IT'S TOO DANGEROUS

IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY TO SEE IF

THEY REALLY SHOULD BE GRANTED

ASYLUM HERE.

WHILE THAT'S GOING ON, WE

PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SAFE

RESIDENCE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE IF

THEY DON'T HAVE A GUARDIAN IN

THIS COUNTRY.

SO NOW WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE

DOING FOR TEN YEARS BUT NOW

WE'RE -- WITH CHILDREN WHO

DIDN'T HAVE TO BE UNACCOMPANIED.

THEY WERE MADE UNACCOMPANIED

BECAUSE OUR GOVERNMENT TOOK THEM

AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS.

THEY CAME WITH PARENTS AND

RENDERED UNACCOMPANIED AND WE'RE

CARING FOR THEM AS WELL AS WE

CAN.

GOOD EDUCATION, SOCIAL SERVICE.

COUNSELING BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA

THEY HAVE FACED.

AS WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE

A PERMANENT PLACE TO LIVE.

HOPEFULLY REUNITED WITH THEIR

PARENTS.

>> AND NOW DOES THAT INCLUDE

CATHOLIC CHARITIES ACROSS THE

COUNTRY?

BECAUSE AS WE UNDERSTAND NOW,

SOME OF THE KIDS HAVE BEEN

SENT -- THERE ARE SEVERAL HERE

IN NEW YORK CITY.

SOME HAVE BEEN SENT TO OTHER

CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> YES, IT DOES.

IN FACT LAST THURSDAY I WAS DOWN

AT THE TEXAS/MEXICAN BORDER

VISITING CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF

THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

I WAS AT A RESPITE CENTER THERE.

TO TELL YOU LITTLE BIT OF THE

DIFFERENCE, ON THURSDAY THERE

WERE SOME FAMILIES WITH LITTLE

KIDS.

IT WAS DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY

WERE ON THEIR WAY NOW TO OTHER

PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

BUT THOSE KIDS WITH WHOM I SPOKE

WITH THE PARENTS THEY WERE

TOGETHER.

SO WHILE IT WAS A DIFFICULT,

HARD SITUATION, THE PARENTS WERE

WITH THE CHILDREN.

FRIDAY, I WAS UP HERE IN NEW

YORK.

AND I VISITED ONE OF THE

CATHOLIC CHARITIES' RESIDENCES

WHERE THE KIDS, YES, ARE BEING

WELL CARED FOR.

BUT WITHOUT THEIR PARENTS AND

THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR ATTITUDE

BECAUSE THEY WERE IN LIMBO.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL,

WHAT TO SAY.

EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD CLOTHES.

THEY WERE WELL CARED FOR.

GOING TO SCHOOL.

BUT THEY WERE LOST BECAUSE THEY

WANTED THEIR PARENT.

>> I'M WONDERING BECAUSE WITHIN

THIS CRISIS THAT'S BEEN GOING ON

NOW, THE BIBLE HAS BEEN INVOKED

ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT.

I'M JUST WONDERING FROM YOUR

PERSPECTIVE WHAT ROLE DOES FAITH

PLAY IN THIS?

>> FAITH PLAYS A CRITICAL ROLE.

I JUST WANT TO QUOTE CARDINAL

DOLAN WHO SAID LAST WEEK, THIS

POLICY OF SEPARATING KIDS FROM

THEIR PARENTS IS BOTH UNBIBLICAL

AND UN-AMERICAN.

WE UNABASHEDLY ARE IN FAVOR OF

FAMILY VALUES.

HOW CAN YOU BECOME IN SUPPORT OF

FAMILY VALUES AND HAVE A POLICY

THAT RIPS KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR

CHILDREN?

OF ALL DIFFERENT AGES.

I'M TOLD EVEN UNDER 1 YEAR OLD

THEY HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM

THEIR PARENT.

THAT'S UNBIBLICAL.

THAT'S NOT AMERICAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LISTEN, I WANT TO THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THE

PROGRAM.

GIVING US SOME INSIGHT INTO

WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE

SCENES.

IF PEOPLE WANT TO HELP TO

CONTRIBUTE, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

>> JUST GO TOUR CATHOLIC

CHARITIES WEBSITE AND YOU CAN

SEE UPDATES ON WHAT IS GOING ON

IN THIS SITUATION AND FEEL FREE

TO DONATE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE

THAT THAT MONEY GOES TO HELP

THESE FAMILIES, THESE CHILDREN

WHO ARE IN SUCH DIFFICULT

SITUATIONS.

>> IS THERE A PARTICULAR NEED

AND WANT -- LIKE IS IT BETTER TO

DONATE IN THE RIO GRANDE OR IS

IT ONE BIG POT?

>> IT'S NOT ONE BIG POT BUT IF

YOU DONATE TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES

OF NEW YORK AND YOU SPECIFY HOW

YOU WANT YOUR DONATION USED,

WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS USED IN

ALIGN WITH WHAT WHATEVER THE

DONOR INTENDS.

>> WELL, LISTEN, MONSIGNOR,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US

ON THE SHOW.

A LOT OF US ARE STILL TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GONG

WITH THIS IMMIGRATION CRISIS SO

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR

WORK.

>> THANK YOU, JENNA.

>> THANK YOU.