acknowledge that as they compare the influx of migrants to a storm or flood or a tide as if this all fell from the sky or rolled in from the sea. the end of the day, though, this is not an act of god. these are people, poor people, young people and whoever you think about the case they may have for coming here, they are here. they are now in custody here and those words in custody don't just mean are being held, they mean in the care of or as webster's has it, the act or process of preserving in safety, which is not what is happening. we and others reported on it. here is what the "new york times" wrote after children's advocates visited the facility in clint, texas where we learned 250 kids had been taken out of because the overcrowding was so bad. this is also the facility where today we learned that about 100 kids have to be returned to. quoting now from "the times" most of the young detainees have not been able to shower or wash clothes since they arrived at the facility.