Border Patrol: hundreds of kids entering US daily

Biden ministration for first time Tuesday allowed journalists inside its main border detention facility for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 people, including children and families, were crammed into a space intended for 250 and youngest were kept in a large playpen with mats on floor for sleeping.

More than 4,100 people were being housed on property Tuesday. Most were unaccompanied children processed in tents before being taken to facilities run by Department of Health and Human Services and n placed with a family member, relative or sponsor.

Oscar Escamilla, acting executive officer of U.S. Border Patrol in Rio Grande Valley, said 250 to 300 kids enter daily, and far fewer leave. youngest children — among m, a 3-year-old girl being cared for by her 11-year-old bror and a newborn with a 17-year-old mor — are kept out of pods and sleep in a playpen area.

With thousands of children and families arriving at U.S.-Mexico border in recent weeks and packing facilities, President Joe Biden has been under pressure to bring more transparency to process. U.S. Customs and Border Protection allowed two journalists from Associated Press and a crew from CBS to tour facility in Donna, Texas, in Rio Grande Valley, nation's busiest corridor for illegal crossings.

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