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Over to bagram air base, put your seat belt on, dont make any moves, sit back, enjoy his last flight in afghanistan. so once we moved him over to the bagram air base, we put him in a temporary holding facility. after ten days of baby-sitting bagcho around the clock, we finally arranged military transport for him to leave the country. the night that we loaded bagcho on an aircraft with our agents to head back to the united states, i really breathed a sigh of relief because i finally knew this guy...

Was released and transported to a temporary holding facility. that night around 10:00, he leto the hospital, began to vomit and lost consciousness. two hours later he was pronounced dead. his death coming two weeks after a 7-year-old girl from guatemala named jakalin caal died at a hospital nell paso after being detained herself. house majority leader announced plans for hearings into both these deaths and conditions under which thousands of children are being held. joining me now is congresswom...

For the second time this month, a child has died in the custody of u.s. customs and border protection. the agency reported yesterday an 8-year-old boy from guatemala died shortly before midnight on december 24th at gerald champion regional medical center in new mexico. cpb has not released the boys name but house democrats have identified him as filipe gomez. last tuesday he and his father were apprehended three miles west of the port of entry in el paso. on christmas eve, a number of days later...

Died shortly before midnight on december 24th at gerald champion regional medical center in new mexico. cpb has not released the boys name but house democrats have identified him as filipe gomez. last tuesday he and his father were apprehended three miles west of the port of entry in el paso. on christmas eve, a number of days later, the boy had quote glossy eyes about 9:00 a.m., hospitalized, diagnosed with a common cold. despite a 103 degree he was released to a temporary holding facility. tha...

Which they were supposed to cover themselves with while they slept on concrete floors separated from their parents. >> so, hector, do you disagree with her description? >> well, so theres two different things that we need to consider. the first one is that when people are initially arrested, either in the desert or after crossing the rio grande river, they have to go through border patrol processing centers. those processing centers is where they initially are being held and thats a temporary ho...

>> i directly tried to talk to him, tell him, hey, were going to be moving you over to bagram air base. put your seat belt on, dont make any moves. essentially, just let him know we were in control of the situation and he just needed to sit back and enjoy his last flight in afghanistan. >> did you offer him peanuts? [ laughter ] no. >> so once we moved him over to the bagram air base, we put him in a temporary holding facility. and after ten days of baby-sitting bagcho around the clock, we final...

Standby. >> i directly tried to talk to him, tell him, hey, were going to be moving you over. put your seat belt on, dont make any moves. essentially, just let him know we were in control of the situation and he just needed to sit back and enjoy his last flight in afghanistan. >> did you offer him peanuts? >> so once we moved him over to the air base, we but him in a temporary holding facility. and after ten days of baby-sitting bagcho around the clock, we finally arranged military transport to ...

>> and today more indication that washington now recognizing part of the problem, jeh johnson, the secretary of homeland security in the lone star state right now. he toured the detention facility in texas this morning and now currently at lackland air force base, a temporary holding facility. these numbers we mentioned are a small portion of them. our sources at thig us there are so many more that are actually by passing immigration authorities there on the ground. and eventually making it to t...