Before US immigration authorities detained him and took his son, the Honduran migrant said he spent three days in the hands of armed men who identified themselves as members of the Gulf Cartel.

One week.

A 6-year-old girl, whose tearful pleas to immigration officers were heard across the country in an audio recording, has been reunited with her mother. CNN's Gary Tuchman reports.

Facing a looming deadline to reunite of hundreds of migrant families by next week, the Trump administration said Thursday it had found at least 1,606 parents potentially eligible for reunification with their children, but more than 900 may not be at this point.

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Wednesday he thinks a bipartisan Senate immigration bill "is dead."