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Temporary shelters. these tents do touch the ground. theyre air conditioned. i have been in similar facilities before, its not clear just because they move them from one location to another theyre getting better care. theyre still in border patrol custody. border patrol has not equipped vulnerable populations. >> that gets to the political question, you mentioned that issue of funding, emergency funding measure, working its way. it looks like one is on the way of passing the senate. a version in...

That torture people. >> brett: what is really happening there and how are we letting that happen? >> that is so frustrating. the very people -- congress, they could fix this problem. if they fix it. if they pass the supplement -- theyre talking about border patrol facilities in the facilities are overwhelmed. theyre designed for 100 adults. they got 500 people. they got families and kids. were actually begging congress to pass the supplement so hhs can get more funding for more additional bed sp...

Policy. this is about getting kids cared for, getting it funded, and moving on. ive got to run. >> a question about this. earlier this morning we saw kellyanne conway, the white house counselor, in that same position and she said nothing would happen unless congress acted. there had to be changed to the flores settlement, changes in funding, yet the government moved the children. what happened? >> i think it shows it wasnt just a matter of funding and it wasnt just a matter of congress. they did...

Reality of the situation were in and then the progress that we want to make. the problem joe biden has is that this is his benefit too. he has name i.d. hes done some very, very good things. but hes also worked in these times that are very different. i think frankly he should just say that and move on because i think if he keeps trying to deny it, i think that just feeds into this idea that, wait a second, you dont get everything weve worked for all these years and all the changes weve made. >> ...

Family separation. i understand that there are parts of the government and parts of the government in that division of it that need to continue to operate, but i dont believe that this policy of separating children from their families is a humane one. i dont think that it makes any sense, and so i would not fund more capacity for that. >> but some of these children coming across the border are unaccompanied when theyre picked up. im afraid i dont really understand the logic. if you think the con...

Holding them as long as we have in these facilities. >> i agree with you that the vice president didnt offer it but i think hhs and dhs have offered more outlines of what theyre talking about in terms of housing. i take your point that the vice president didnt. i asked your fellow texan, beto orourke, last week about your plan to decriminalize illegal border crosses. beto orourke said he disagreed and said there needs to be a legal mechanism so that authorities can charge suspected human traffic...

Differently. if theyre going to treat them differently and sleep and be able to live under different, better conditions, that is one thing. but i dont know that that is what theyre proposing. they havent put forward the plan for how anything will be different other than children are still sleeping on concrete floors and they wont even commit in court to provide soap and toothbrushes. so do i want to fund that? no, i dont. would i fund something that is completely different from that? in fact, i ...

He has also worked in these times that are very different. frankly, i think he should just say that and move on. if he keeps trying to deny it, i think that just feeds into this idea that, wait a second, you dont get everything weve worked for all these years and all the changes weve made. >> i want to change the topic, if i can, to the presidents move to delay these i.c.e. deportations he was going to order carried out today and asking for democrats to work with him. what did you make of it all...

Separating children from their families is a humane one, right. >> i dont think it makes any sense so i would not fund more capacity for that. >> but some of the children coming across the border are unaccompanied when theyre picked up. im afraid, i dont understand the logic if you think the conditions of these facilities for children are horrible, when they are, and you heard me press the vice president about it, if hhs needs $3 billion to improve the conditions and build more housing, wont tha...

At some of these problems and what they call influx detention centers. we have to remember that its actually hhs who runs these longer-term facilities. >> for the kids, yes. >> for the kids. not dha, not i.c.e., not dbp. we need to get it through the house. at the end of the day the president has been clear since this campaign, if you have received a deportation order, that is the law of the land and that needs to be fully enforced. >> i want to bring in amanda and ask you, if you listen to cast...