families as quickly as possible so thank you again for all what you do and thank you as well thank you all for what you do thank you very much and those children how many times they speak with their relatives or families per week for example well the children are allowed to communicate with their family twice a week how long is the time the max time that somebody spends here that they are not reunited with their family right now we are averaging currently 42 to 45 daysthe first lady traveled to mcallen tex as her husbands administration scrambled to execute his latest executive order aimed at ending the separation of families at the bordercreditcreditchip somodevillagetty imageswhen asked about the garment a 39 jacket from the fastfashion brand zaras 2016 collection mrs trumps office quickly respondedits a jacket the first ladys communications director stephanie grisham said thursday in a statement to reporters there was no hidden message after todays important visit to texas i hope this isnt what the media is going to choose to focus onits never just a jacket mr phibbs saidms grisham followed up her statement with a tweet that reinforced what the east wing said was an nonissue itsjustajacket asked whether her own explanation or the presidents was the truth ms grisham did not immediately respondthe first ladys appearance which was kept secret until she touched down in texas came as the trump administration facing questions over the wellbeing and whereabouts of thousands of children sought to put a more humane lens on its policieswhat it ultimately got was a distraction from them on thursday the pentagon was assessing how and where to house as many as 20000 immigrants on american military basesduring mrs trumps 75minute visit to the upbring new hope childrens shelter in mcallen tex she met with dozens of children as well as the people who are educating them and supervising their care she asked officials questions about childrens wellbeing she told the children to value friendship over all elsegood luck the first lady told them the children applauded her as she leftit was a striking reemergence for mrs trump who underwent a procedure in may to treat a benign kidney condition and spent several weeks out of the public eye her trip on thursday was a headfirst dive into the roiling debate over the trump administrations hardline approach to immigration hours after her husband declared well send them the hell back at a campaign rallyshe is the first member of the trump family to visit the border with mexico since a national debate broke out over the administrations separation policy the outcry led the president to reverse course under political pressure and sign an executive order on wednesday to end the policy more than 2300 children have been separated from their parents so far and thousands of families are likely to remain fracturedim here to learn about your facility mrs trump told a group of officials at the center she