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That the money should be targeted to the purposes for which it was intended. these are important provisions to make sure that the money goes exactly where it is supposed to go. and i was very, very disappointed that the senate bill passed and our bill did not pass because we have to hold the government accountable. the taxpayers expect it. >> what is your sense, the conditions that you saw, is your sense that it is more the result of, because you hear the case from the administration here, as we said, 144,000 apprehensions alt the border in may. that was up, i think something like 182% year ov...

To whether a child can go out and be placed with that relative in the united states. >> so you have called for shutting down these facilities. how would you like this -- what would you like this process to be, to look like? how would you like the process to be handled for one of these children? one of these children who is unaccompanied? >> there are alternatives to detention. and in fact, it's less costly. but if there is proper care, then these children can be placed. and in fac, if they get legal representation, they can have their case heard in a proper way. there are nonprofits and legal ...

How many, do you have a sense, collectively when you look at all these facilities that are out there, how many folks are being detained right now for extended periods of time at these facilities? and also, do you have a sense how mane of these people are children? >> we do have some reporting that we're working on. we know that the numbers have gone down. for example, in may, the numbers were at their highest. that was at 144,000 that you point out. that's how many immigrants were apprehended or turned around at the border. in this case, we're talking about migrants being held in border patrol...

Immigration is a complicated topic and there are areas where trump has tapped into things where there's more support, more of a popular sentiment than maybe democrats will admit or say, but when the conversation is overwhelmed as it was a year ago by child separation, by the stories people are absorbing, by the pictures they're absorbing right now about the conditions in these facilities, that seems to be the only thing people are going to notice. >> this is what donald trump was concerned about all along. that's why he put a hold on the round-up in the cities, the i.c.e. round-ups, if you rec...

Go, and it also would facilitate the movement of these children out from these facilities. >> what was your assessment just of the management of the facility you saw, of the work that the border agents are doing? i know there's been some discussion today about this facebook group, some current and former border patrol officers. the officers, the agents that you saw doing their jobs, do you think they're doing their best in a tough situation or did you have concerns there too? >> i was extremely disappointed to see the officials at the clint border facility sanitizing the situation. first of al...