julia ansly, nbc national security and justice reporter who is tenacious. kevin mcaleenan said these reports are unsubstantiated, but this isn t reporting you got from a random source, that is government report, the inspector general of that department issued the report. that s right. on may 7th, the inspector sent agents to the same sector where the little girl was kept and found conditions that we are now hearing about, things like that overcrowding, four showers for 756 immigrants. they even said the conditions were so bad that customs and border protection agents started to arm themselves in areas where they are not supposed to have arms because they were worried about riots. they thought it could raise to that level of arrest. we are talking about people who can t lie down sleep, people outside.
with us to talk about it all, julia ansly, nbc national security and justice reporter who is tenacious. kevin mcaleenan said these reports are unsubstantiated, but this isn t reporting you got from a random source, that is government report, the inspector general of that department issued the report. that s right. on may 7th, the inspector sent agents to the same sector where the little girl was kept and found conditions that we are now hearing about, things like that overcrowding, four showers for 756 immigrants. they even said the conditions were so bad that customs and border protection agents started to arm themselves in areas where they are not supposed to have arms because they were worried about rye ioriots. they thought it could raise to
on may 7th, the inspector sent agents to the same sector where the little girl was kept and found conditions that we are now hearing about, things like that overcrowding, four showers for 756 immigrants. they even said the conditions were so bad that customs and border protection agents started to arm themselves in areas where they are not supposed to have arms because they were worried about riots. they thought it could raise to that level of arrest. we are talking about people who can t lie down sleep, people outside. because there s no room for them. this had gotten down to a dire condition. two civilians actually had to go outside and buy food for over 1,000 people every day because there was not a system to feed the number of people kept inside this facility some all of this matters because it s coming from the government s watchdog, the
you re hearing today, is a dehumanizing of people that is very dangerous to our country. by the way, those were pro-trump detention center protesters in the background there jeering the members of congress. now, it s not just members of congress sounding the alarm about border patrol and the detention camps. it s the department of homeland security own internal watchdog. nbc news exclusive reporting the dhs inspector general warned as far back as may that conditions at an el paso border station were so bad that border agents were arming themselves for possible rights. only four showers available for 756 immigrants. more than half the immigrants are being held outside. immigrants inside are being kept in cells maxed out at more than five times their capacity. the cell meant for a maximum of 35 held 155 adult males with only one toilet and sink. the cell was so crowded the men could not lie down to sleep. the name of the el paso border
border station, border agents were arming themselves against possible riots. in an internal report prepared by the department of his s office of inspector general and obtained by nbc news, inspectors noted during an only four showers were available for 756 migrants. more than half of the immigrants were being held outside and immigrants inside were being kept in cells, maxed out at more than five times their capacity. on friday, acting dhs secretary kevin mcaleenan said reports of poor conditions at a border station were, quote, unsubstantiated. meanwhile, the associated press received video about a girl who spoke about conditions. the video was made by a lawyer for the girl and nbc news has