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Soto. we know there are 1,000 children in there, ages 13 to 17, including 400 girls. 70 of them were separated from their parents. now, this is a facility that's the second largest shelter for migrant children in the country. there are no cages in there. we're told children are not sleeping on the floor with those mylar blankets, but it is a facility that is guarded. the kids need ids and they have to pass them through scanners to go from one building to the other. in fact, i was just shown this handout that is being read to the kids inside. it is in spanish and it says we are very happy to we...

Increase in co. >> reporter: you add to that being in detention, what that does psychologically to a child long term is raising, obviously, david, quite a lot of concern. >> there's the medical take on all of this. i want to ask you about the policy prescription. you mentioned senator blumenthal was down there yesterday with his two colleagues from new mexico trying to tour that facility. senator blumenthal acknowledging to reporters that the fundamental problem is these families are still separated. what is he saying? what are other lawmakers saying the steps forward should be? >> reporter: t...

Action there. >> reporter: this has become the epicenter of the immigration battle in this country right now. here in mcallen, texas, it's a border town just a few miles from the border, across from reynoso in mexico. this facility we're in front of right now is the largest such facility in the country. journalists a few days ago were allowed to tour it for the first time. no cameras have been allowed inside. all we've been able to see is handout video from some processing facilities. that has stoked some outrage here. critics of what's happening say there doesn't appear to be enough transpare...

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The rest dhs says came into this company without a parent or guardian. now, some new information from msnbc's david soboroff, he spoke with an official, he said that the separated parents were given the option to sign paperwork to be deported and many of them chose to do so. so that means that a quote large percentage of those separated families, the adults may have already been reported. now, according to this dhs official there's no hard numbers on that yet. but that's according to msnbc's jacob soboroff. the bottom line, david, many of these 2,000 children or so, they're still in custody ri...