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Families and children in the detention facility today. but the other thing is i hope we also move past this rhetoric about a manufactured crisis. the president wanted me to come down here today to look in on hour families aa how families are being treated but also to be able to show the american people that this system is overwhelmed, it's overcrowded and congress has got to step up to end this crisis of illegal immigration on the southern border. >> the first facility we went to with the families, was that really a fair representation of how most of the migrant families have been treated unde...

That this system is overwhelmed, it's overcrowded, and congress head got to step up to end this crisis of illegal immigration at our southern border. >> reporter: the first facility with the families, was that really a fair representation of how most of the migrant families have been treated under cbp care? >> you are at the epicenter here in the rio grande valley of the illegal immigration. 60% coming across the southern border are coming through this sector. i think what we saw was a very fair representation of how families are being treated. >> reporter: this facility was just built and mad...

Allegations. but make no mistake about it, any allegation of people not receiving the standard of care that the american people anticipate is thoroughly investigated. the recent allegations of abuse are being thoroughly investigated. but what you saw today, i hope is an encouragement to millions of americans. that -- that even before congress funded a temporary facility we built that temporary facility to house families who are caught up in in crisis of illegal immigration. and you saw not just three meals a day, children with snacks, there were diapers. there were hygiene products, changing t...