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Whether they may stay in the u.s. now, as of this morning, border patrol processing facilities were nearly six times above their capacities. 585%, to be more precise. nbcs julia ainsley joins us now by phone. julia, what more have you learned? >> yes, thats right, joshua. so intense overcrowding in these facilities. weve seen this happen before with children, but now they say, with an increase in families coming in, theyre worried about the spread of covid-19, as well as other viruses, lice, and...

Now, as of this morning, border patrol processing facilities were nearly six times above their capacities. 585%, to be more precise. nbcs julia ainsley joins us now by phone. julia, what more have you learned? >> yes, thats right, joshua. so intense overcrowding in these facilities. weve seen this happen before with children, but now they say, with an increase in families coming in, theyre worried about the spread of covid-19, as well as other viruses, lice, and its really just become an unhealt...

Legal counsel and see medical professionals. and instead, they are kept at the border processing facilities. and this is the second death this month of a child in customs and border protection. this is something that we predicted based on our reporting and interviews with people on the ground at the border would happen when we started seeing these backups this summer during the policy of separating children. >> joyce, as a u.s. attorney, you challenged alabamas immigration laws. are there any le...

Least 860 migrant kids, children, were left in border patrol holding cells longer than the 72-hour limit mandated by u.s. courts, with one minor confined for 12 days and another for 25. what else do we know about the conditions? and seeing that the report said we simply werent prepared to implement this policy, what was the urgency? what was the crisis brewing that caused them to do this before they had themselves in order? even if it was a good idea. >> stephanie, a lot of what this report is t...