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He said recently in the past few weeks, the number of aiss on the border for illegal crossings had dropped and that's resulted in faster processing out of border protection custody into other departments within the government, so he did tweet this morning that conditions in border stations have improved substantially. thanks to our international partnerships and the emergency funding received from congress. the numbers in custody have dropped 75% since early june. now he said that dhs has asked r for more emergency funding from congress because if they see another surge like this year, they ar...

Released, with parents getting top priority. all this, as 5,000 migrants remain in facilities across the country. tonight, homeland security allowing our cameras for the first time inside a holding center in yuma, arizona, built after a massive spike in families crossing the border. >> our border stations are really police stations. they're not equipped for handling humanitarian issues. that's why we built temporary facilities like this. >> reporter: we witnessed many lying on mats and covered in silver mylar blankets. they have air conditioning, clean showers, plenty of food and medical staff...

Facility in the texas, some saying they may be close to violating a federal law which prohibits the military from the acting as a police force. and the border patrol chief in el paso was just reassigned following reports showing unsafe and unsanitary conditions in nearby border stations. in a moment, i'm going to be joined by two u.s. senators just inside one of those detention centers in el paso. but first a look at how their colleagues in the houses are addressing these issues grilling the acting director of i.c.e. over a number you have troubling reports including a story "the beat" covered...

Assaulted while she was going through a routine pat-down. this is something we understand could be under investigation. but right now there aren't as many answers to figure out who would have done this and why. . >> i'm sure you had a chance to ask the u.s. government about all of this. what are they saying about abner's case and overall the conditions there? >> we did get a statement from them yesterday. they said basically the claims are inconsistent with customs and border protection's records corresponding to the juvenile immigrant's time in custody. it is important to note that customs an...

Let's talk a little bit about these children. because they rarely talk in public for fear that they may be targeted or even deported. why did abner come forward and tell his story and what else did he have to say about his experience? >> that's right. a lot of reports we have had from border stations in arizona or texas, have been told through the lens of the inspector general or lawyers. this is a rare glimpse of seeing firsthand how this could affect someone. abner was very brave to come forward. he has now been reunited with his father. we talked with him and his father over the course of w...