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That there were already backups, where no immigrant is supposed to be held for more than 72 hours. but they were seeing young children, even infants and toddlers who were staying there for up to a week or more. and that's what happened in this case. this young boy was transferred to two facilities before he ever was able to get medical attention. and in the case of jacqueline caal earlier this month, she came to a border processing facility in a very remote area and had to go on an hour and a half bus ride before she ever got medical attention. so some good news, they are putting more medical ...

Her lawyers advised her not to do that, they talked about the capacity issue. and we simply wanted to go inside. we wanted to see the capacity issue, take two members in and show us the facility. they refused to do that, numerous times throughout the evening. >> do you think they were lying about capacity? >> well, it wouldn't be the first time that i was misled by cbp. i'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt, but i don't understand why they couldn't show two members of congress the capacity issue. >> can you tell me that maria is from honduras. what is her mental state, and how is she...

So then what happened? >> well, he effectively said he was going to go talk to his supervisor and disappeared and never came back. so the tactic here was first to try to get her and the migrants to go off of u.s. soil to go to another port of entry. when that didn't work, because her lawyers advised her not to do that, they talked about the capacity issue. and we simply wanted to go inside. we wanted to see the capacity issue, take two members in and show us the facility. they refused to do that, numerous times throughout the evening. >> do you think they were lying about capacity? >> well, it...

Statement and this is what it said. it said, quote, this is simply an issue of the room reaching capacity which reporters were aware of prior to the event. he goes on to say, we were able to accommodate ten reporters provided a live stream for those who could not be accommodated and were unaware of the individual situation that was being reported, so the epa saying they didn't know about the reporter being shoved out of the door. and the group of reporters that cover the epa, we all speak and speak on a regular basis. and those who were in the room, they do not explain it as a capacity issue. ...

Here's what his attorney tells us. he's 20 years old, a double major. holds leadership posts. it's st. patrick's day and johnson is going to a bar. he's not allowed in the bar. now brianna, it's important to know his attorney said he was not allowed in but not because of a fake idea. >> was it his face issue, a capacity issue? >> one of those gaps in information. we don't know exactly what happened but his attorney made it clear, not because he was presenting a fake id. these agents then approached and tried to arrest. and then there's the gap of information we were talking about and then we s...