Donald Trump has no answers to the border crisis. And things will get worse.

What you may have noticed in Trump's tweets is that there is no mention of children already separated from their parents because of the politics of "Zero tolerance" of the Trump administration and b) no clear direction to Congress on a complete immigration reform proposal apart from "SETTING OUR LAWS OF INSANE IMMIGRATION", kind of no -specific.

. the different deadlines – lose sight of something very, very important here: These are little children we are talking about. Some under 5 years old. As a father of two children under 10, I can not even imagine the terror that these children – and their parents – must feel. Once, when my eldest son was 4 years old, I could not find him in an outdoor mall for 10 minutes. I was absolutely panicked. So was he. It was 10 minutes. We are talking about days and weeks in some cases here.

"The words appear on a piece of scribbled paper in pencil by an immigrant mother detained in a detention center:" We beg you to help us, to make our children. My son asks me to bring him out and I am helpless here.

"In another letter, a childish impression on paper, a mother spoke of her son:" It's been a month since they've torn it out and it's There are times when I can not continue … Sure they want to deport me, that they do it – but with my child. Without him, I will not leave here.

"At least 2,053 children were separated from their parents because of the" zero tolerance "immigration policy of the Trump administration Gathered 538 of these children, but not having the intention of reuniting them with their detained parents, more than a dozen letters collected by volunteers, the detained mothers separated from their children shared their desperation, have asked for their release and sent messages of love. their children.

On Thursday, HHS Secretary Alex Azar did not give a specific number of separated children in HHS detention during a phone call with journalists. said that fewer than 3,000 children currently in detention are considered as potentially separated minors and that about 100 under-five children under HHS custody have been separated from their families.

family separations At the border – a decree that allows children to be detained with their parents – is a temporary solution that is about to expire.Why? Because the Trump Decree has not canceled a Supreme Court decision in the early 1990s that says a child can not be detained in a detention center for more than 20 days, which means that around the 10th or 20th of July, after the signature of the OT by Trump on June 20, the police officers of the Borders will be required to start separating families currently held in detention centers

. risk of getting worse – and soon

What about Trump's call for Congress to act? Before leaving last week for a July 4th holiday, two global immigration bills – one that was pushed by Trump and Republican leaders – failed miserably. Like, not even close to the passage. And Congress will not return to Washington until next Monday – July 9 – giving them 24 hours before major delays on family reunification and family separation are felt.

The congress has been trying to pass immigration reform in one form or another since 2005. This has not happened yet. Given this, it seems unlikely that a series of rumbling tweets from the president will suddenly light the necessary fire under Congress to solve these problems.

Yes, we are witnessing a political failure here – of the White House through Congress. But, more than that, we are witnessing a humanitarian crisis – among the youngest among us. And, no matter what you think of our border policies, it can not – and should not – sit down with you.

UPDATE: This story has been updated with new HHS numbers. ]