Families with young children protest the separation of immigrant families with a sit-in at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington last week. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

Natalia Oliveira da Silva and her daughter, Sara, 5, hug at a Catholic Charities facility in San Antonio, TX. They were separated in late May. Eric Gay/AP hide caption

U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee ruled that the government must seek consent before administering psychotropic drugs to immigrant children held at a Texas facility. NAPABA via AP hide caption

A protester outside a closed gate at the Port of Entry facility in Fabens, Texas. Matt York/AP hide caption

Women hold signs as they protest the separation of immigrant families inside the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

Watched by Vice President Pence, President Trump on Wednesday shows an executive order on immigration aimed at putting an end to the controversial separation of migrant families at the border. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

A photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows the interior of a CBP facility in McAllen, Texas, on Sunday. Immigration officials have separated thousands of families who crossed the border illegally. Reporters taken on a tour of the facility were not allowed by agents to interview any of the detainees or take photos, the AP reported. U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP hide caption

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as her mother, who seeks asylum, is detained at the Southern border near McAllen, Texas, in June. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption