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Tonight, were going to give you a first look at the cramped conditions inside the main detention facility in texas where thousands of unaccompanied migrant children are being held antonia hylton is there. >> reporter: tonight, after facing backlash for keeping journalists out, the biden administration allowing a news crew inside this overcrowded border patrol detention facility in donna, texas. over 3,000 unaccompanied migrant children packed together in the middle of a pandemic lying on the flo...

For their kids to come up through a dangerous journey where they are sexually abused all the way to this border. its one of the saddest things on the humanitarian site and as a human being you can possibly see. the sad thing was it was all self-inflicted and self manufactured. it could have been stopped. im urging the secretary of state in a letter to reinstate these asylum parts of vocative agreements that worked. thats why we saw the numbers going down. of the trump administration got this rig...

He went on, what did you make o what we were able to see inside of that facility? >> seen this many times before as a federal prosecutor in texa to the chairman of homeland security committee the republican leader on foreign affairs committee. this didnt have to happen. now the entire world is now seeing that humanitarian crisis that was caused directly by the president. we are sending these agreements that we have mike mexico and central america that work so effectively and what they basically ...

Business and guess what, theyr coming and until we change this policy we are going to continue to see this abuse of our children which quite they dont want to lose a generation of children. >> i will rind everyone as we continue to see new images that continue to come into us as we speak. we continue to put those up on the screen as that happens. i only got a minute or so glad left ear. ted cruz also said we understan the numbers of children that we are dealing with now. that we are now seeing d...

Together, i see kids one on top of another. they are crammed in this facility. in the border patrol agent who spoke on camera a few moments ago said hes had 39 kids there for over 72 hours as the legal limit. he said hes holding 4100 in that facility, the limit was supposed to be to hundred 50 fo covid, there is an unbelievable situation playing out there. what are we going to do about this. what is the biden ministration going to tell the american people is an answer for this. >> it is a crisis...

One mothers warning >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt good evening and welcome. atlanta authorities say nothing is off the table as they work to understand the motive behind tuesdays deadly spa attacks tonight were learning more about the eight victims. six of them are of asian descent. the attacks striking deeper fear and anger across asian american communities feeling increasingly vulnerable amid a

Ladders to try and scale the levy wall here so that they can get into the outer community and go wherever they want to go but you can see here, broken ladders where migrants have attempted to come across and a backpack that wasnt here yesterday, when we were here. we spoke to one of the residents who lives just beyond the ladders. here is what he had to say. >> they have to do something about it because its like they opened up the flood gates. i dont want to talk bad about the guy but its really...

Them back. >> is not just about the people the other part of the equation the drugs, the dea making a massive drug bust this past thursday season 308 pounds of marijuana, 18 pounds of methamphetamine and 88 pounds of cocaine the dea special agent in charge richard sanchez giving us a tour of the seas of drugs and having this to say. >> cartels are not going to stop but were not going to stop either what they need to know is where here and were not going away and we will continue to do her job. >...

Texas. the cartels make money off of these migrants. >> reporter: speaking of those drugs, not just on this past thursday, the dea down here making a major bust seizing 308 pounds of marijuana, 18 pounds of methamphetamine and 88 pounds of cocaine. we had the opportunity to see the drugs and to speak with a special agent in charge, richard sanchez, who had this to say. >> cartels are not going to stop. were not going to stop either. what they need to know is were here and were not going to go aw...

Opened up the floodgates. i mean if, i dont want to talk bad about the guy. its really ridiculous. i mean, this is not holding them back. >> reporter: its not just about the people. the other part of the equation, the drugs. the dea making a massive drug bust last thursday, seizing 308 pounds of marijuana, 13 pounds of methamphetamine and 88 pounds of cocaine. the special agent in charge, richard sanchez, giving us a tour of the seized drugs and having this to say. >> cartels arent going to stop...