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Border patrol facilities before. these are processing facilities. when undocumented migrants are brought in, theyre brought into the cells and held for processing. these children are not allowed, theyre not supposed to be in these facilities for more than 72 hours, brian, but were told that the average length of stay for these children in these facilities is an average of six to ten days here in clint, texas. and some may stay even longer. if theyre hospitalize, some children could stay here for...

But that we allocate it to deal with the humanitarian crisis we are seeing at the border. >> thank you so much. the president, president trump was impressed about the conditions in these facilities, including the facility there in the congresswomans district, homestead, during his interview on "meet the press." lets watch what he said on sunday. >> theyre in terrible shape down there, mr. president, down in homestead, florida, where i grew up, the conditions are terrible. >> i agree. and its bee...

At homestead. >> well, a lawyer last night who interviewed the children at clinton, texas. thats the original facility, told us last night the facilities cost as much per night as a night at a ritz carlton. and thats an expensive hotel. lets watch. >> these facilities cost about $750 per day per child. >> that is what we would pay to put a child in the ritz carlton. >> yeah. >> these are not ritz carletons. to make it worse, these kids are kept there not for the 20 days they are allowed to be ke...

Open had there been room for open space at all between all of the bodies crammed into it. congresswoman escobar responded bluntly to i.g. report. "todays report is alarming. it publicly confirms what i have witnessed firsthand for months. the conditions of our processing facilities stripped migrants of their dignity and represent a serious danger to the health and safety of migrants and agents." well, that i.g. report was last month. now, over the past several days, another facility near el paso...

Browns victim. we were walking around. they made us check our cameras. it was disgusting. the stench was overwhelming. it was all of those things you read in that article. cramped spaces. and the person who gave us the tour said what we really need here is immigration judges, we need more facilities and better facilities. if you look at clint, that facility, those horrible reports from, today we have another 100 children going back into that facility. it doesnt make any sense because its not sup...

Mucarsel-powel and david jolly a former congressman from florida and joined by nbc correspondent cal perry in homestead. cal, you first, whats it look like down there? >> reporter: well, listen, these facilities are designed very purposefully and i can give you some of the language that comes from these facilities from these lawyers. they say they are military-style camps, that these places are designed to mimic prison-like conditions. this is a policy of deter ens. this is the administration se...

One cell, alone, a large cell that was designed to hold 35 people, it was stuffed with 155 people instead. to get air, to get breathing room, people were standing on the toilets in that facility because, of course, the toilets are out in the open in that facility, or at least theyre out in what would have been the open had there been room for open space at all between all of the bodies crammed into it. congresswoman escobar responded bluntly to thaichi.g. report. "todays report is alarmting. it ...

In terms of ending this appalling treatment of people. >> chris, donald trumps a liar. what he just said there. he lied in two very important ways. >> that obama created these conditions and the answer to all these problems is house democrats providing more money. this has been a multi-year problem. a multi-year challenge for dhs for past administrations and this one around the question of capacity and were seeing that. with the surge of people coming across, we are seeing capacity needs. so as ...

Members, when it comes to healthcare, to hygiene and the basic standards of detention. donald trump deliberately, deliberately ignored that and changed that. donald trump brought in family separation. it was not president obama. what donald trump did in that interview is a lie. my fear is that the well intentioned house democrats, if they declare too much of a victory on this spending bill, will have actually advanced the presidents lies and actually bought into the presidents own narrative its ...

The pentagon chief to all service members. he says, quote, the military doesnt do politics. in a widely circulated memo tuesday morning, the acting defense secretary patrick shanahan asking his deputies to, quote, reinforce the apolitical nature of the united states military. the timing, of course, quite obvious, following a recent reporting that the white house military office tried to get the navy seventh fleet to hide the "uss john mccain" from view while the president was in japan. some reli...