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Standing room only conditions for a week. in another, some single adults were held over a month in crowded cells. take a moment to consider what it would be like to live in a standing room only space for a full week, nowhere to lay down and sleep or sit. inspectors noted the lack of showers. most single adults had not had a shower while in the custody of border and protection, in some cases despite being detained as long as a month. in so facilities migrants got weapon wipes. even children were ...

In your reporting, has it ever been the case that you got t hundreds and hundreds in places for 40 days in a cbp facility designed to hold people for 72 hours? >> i dont have the specific numbers of how many children or adults were kept over a matter of more than three or four days or definitely 40 days, but have i definitely in previous years, certainly during the obama administration, spoken with ma children who had been there ad weeks, in some cases longer than a month. >> wow. >> i dont know...

In mcallen are overwhelmed. there are thousands of these children who do not need to be detained, spending $700, $800 a night, taxing the customs and border protection and thousands of family members dont need to be detained. >> are we under any obligation after those children are taken into an hhs facility to an orr facility, are we under any obligation to make certain were they go -- >> sure. >> is what is intended? >> yeah. >> i will tell you, when i the first started going down there in 2014...

Figure out where they were keeping them. we talked to the chief officer and he indicated they recently expanded the facility but we couldnt see an expansion. after we were done with interviewing on the first day, we drove around the facility and the only thing we could see that appeared to be new as a metal warehouse with no windows. we couldnt fathom that the american government would truly be keeping hundred of children in a metal warehouse. yet, in fact, when we came back the next day and ask...

Appeared to be new as a metal warehouse with no windows. we couldnt fathom that the american government would truly be keeping hundred of children in a metal warehouse. yet, in fact, when we came back the next day and asked the border patrol and the children that is, in fact, where many of the children were being kept. >> why were these children -- they shouldnt be there. they should not be in this cbp facility. >> no. >> they shouldnt be there longer than 72 hours max. what category are they in...

>> let me ask you this. the conditions you describe sound just monstrous. >> yeah. >> how many children are there and how long were they there and where were the adults? >> yeah. so this is one of the things that shocked us right away. we did not even have this border patrol facility on our radar when we were planning our trip, this inspection, but we had heard the week before we left that there were children that were in recent weeks being moved to this facility, so we showed up there not sure ...

But already today under pressure, the government has now moved more than 300 children out of one station in clint, texas. and nevertheless, broader questions remain. why do these conditions and situations keep happening over and over? who is in charge? where is the accountability? are there other facilities we dont even know about with similar or worse conditions? but the president and the vice president were forced to defend and address those conditions and turned to blaming democrats. >> well,...

America. and i do think a secure border is in the best interest. look, i travel down to central america. i saw the conditions on the ground there. i get that there are problems. but there are much better ways of dealing with this. >> sure. >> than what has grown up over the past five years. that was prior to president trump taking office. i also understand the intense hatred for this administration, but you know what? hes going to be your president for another four years after this. >> well, whe...

>> and those facilities, yes, they are -- are they strained? you bet. chief garza was when i was down there last time said, ive got men i have to take off off the line to go to walmart and buy pampers. >> congressman -- >> wait, wait, wait -- >> wait a second. >> what congress needs to do is appropriate the money to orr. >> we are going to talk about that. >> so they can take the children in a timely fashion. >> i want to return to the question. this is obviously something youve devoted time and...

Hyperbole. i know that the hatred for this president is so intense people are liable to say anything. i got to go look for myself and see for myself. >> let me ask you this. one of the things you say mr. garza says theyre overwhelmed and the folks who work for cbp in mcallen are overwhelmed. there are thousands of these children who do not need to be detained, spending $700, $800 a night, taxing the customs and border protection and thousands of family members dont need to be detained. >> are we...