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We saw today was a very fair representation of how families are being treated. and look i understand. >> the facilities this was one of them. >> i understand americans are troubled. >> handling the overcrowding. >> americans are troubled by what -- what theyve read in the newspapers about families not being cared for. >> the when you look at that what do you see. >> well, i cant account for that. what i can account for is that the facility that you saw. >> -- its the facility that you saw today ...

They were packed in so tightly. that was the case here. and the vice president pence he was visiting the facility. he also saw it firsthand. i did not see him talk to any of the adult migrants. but before we were here we went to another facility called the donna facility. that exclusively houses families. family units, fathers with children or men with children, women who come over with children. and there it was a completely situation seemed like a different level of care frankly. this is a bra...

Today, here at mcallen station where our cells are overflowing and now that temporary facility you just saw had to be established and then the first facility that we saw where nearly 1,000 families with children are being detained ought to be a very clear message to every american the time for action is now and the time for congress to act to end the flow of families that are coming north from central america to our border is now. >> should there be a different level of care for the families ver...

Our cells are overflows and now that temporary facility that you just saw had to be established, and then the first facility that we saw where near 1,000 families with children with families are being den detained ought to be a clear message gnat time is now to act and the time for congress to act to end the flow of families coming north from central america to our border is now. >> should there be a different level of care for the families versus the single adult migrant zploos its all the same...

Telling the committee they died at the hands of people crossing the border because we have an open border. well there is shouting on all sides of the issue. and on both sides of the border. and we have seen so far caged kids and overcrowded cells and families separated. what we still have not seen is any real effort to come up with a comprehensive policy that can once and for all address this issue which continues to divide families and divide this country. now before getting to what the vice pr...

Southern border are coming through this sector. so i think what we saw today was a very fair representation of how families are being treated. i understand -- >> this was one of the facilities. >> i understand americans are troubled. >> to handle the overcrowding. >> americans are troubled by what they have read in the newspapers about families not being cared for. >> look at it like this, when you look at that, what do you see? >> i cant account for that. what i can account for is the facility ...

Of them so instead not all of them could lay down. they were packed in so tightly so that was the case here and the vice president pence, he was visiting this facility. he also saw it firsthand. i did not see him talk to any of the adult migrants but before we were here, we went to another facility called the donna facility and that exclusively houses families, family units, fathers who come over with children or men who come with children, women who come over with children and there it was a co...

Pam, you also sat down with him, talked one on one. what did he have to say? >> reporter: -- let me just say im here at the catholic charities where many of the undocumented migrant families are brought once theyre processed and given a court date, theyre brought here. the overcrowding at many of the facilities holding the families has been greatly reduced. many are released well within that 72-hour limit because of the recent supplemental funding passed by congress. its a different story at the...

>> and anderson, this right here, this is a picture from the dhsig report that i showed vice president pence as he touted the conditions at the first facility we vichted today. showed him this and i said it doesnt align this owe with this picture from the report. this picture is from may. what i can tell you anderson and see the situation of overcrowding particularly with family units has gotten a lot better because of the supplementing funding from congress, cbp was able to move out a lot of th...

To that saying he seen pledty of dead children on the job telling the committee they quote died at the hands of people that crossed the border because we have an open border. there is shouting on all sides of this issue and border and weve seen so far caged kids and overcrowded cells and families being separated. what we havent seen is real effort to come up with a comprehensive policy that can once and for all address this issue that continues to divide families and divide this country. before ...