and the national uproar over these kids still now being taken away from their families and being held indefinitely in these totally inappropriate appalling conditions, amid that, amid that national uproar, yesterday we found out that nearly 300 kids had been moved out of that one border patrol facility in clint, texas. we talked to texas congresswoman veronica escobar about that last night. that facility in flint is just outside her district in el paso. she said as of last night she was not sure exactly where those 300 kids had been moved out to, she just few they had been moved out of the facility in clint. that is how we left it last night. then today just a remarkable series of events. first, the head of the u.s. border patrol quits. that facility in clint, texas is a border patrol facility, as is the one in mcallen, texas where similar discussions have been described for yet more hundreds of kids. amid this outcry over what his
right now, the head of the border patrol quit today, he resigned. he was actually the acting head of the border patrol. he d only been there for a couple of months. he d never been confirmed in the position. but that is not uncommon thanks to a string of firings and reassignments that kicked off after president trump told homeland security kirsten nielsen that she should illegally block all asylum applications to the united states, given all of the resignations and firings and reassignments that have happened since then we are now in a position where every single border-related or immigration-related agency in the entire u.s. government has only an acting leader who has not been vetted or confirmed by the senate. but the latest head of the border patrol, he quit today after less than two months on the job. then we got word that the border patrol has now decided to move kids back into that facility in clint, texas. i mean, yesterday after all these reports about the horrible conditions
and the national uproar over these kids still now being taken away from their families and being held indefinitely in these totally inappropriate appalling conditions, amid that, amid that national uproar, yesterday we found out that nearly 300 kids had been moved out of that one border patrol facility in clint, texas. we talked to texas congresswoman veronica escobar about that last night. that facility in clint is just outside her district in el paso. she said as of last night she was not sure exactly where those 300 kids had been moved out to, she just knew they had been moved out of the facility in clint. that was how we left it last night. then today just a remarkable series of events. first, the head of the u.s. border patrol quits. that facility in clint, texas is a border patrol facility, as is the one in mcallen, texas where similar conditions have been described for yet more hundreds of kids. amid this outcry over what his agency is doing to these kids
care for juveniles in their custody and provided these monitors all along. they also added, kate, they ve been transparent this whole time. they ve been transparent in calling for more funding, 4.are $5 billion for emergency funding they re asking for, for congress to resolve, they say, what is currently an overwhelming crisis at the border. kate? nick, let me quickly ask you i hope i didn t miss it. sorry if i did. why are these kids, 100 of them, being moved back into the facility? so it is very complicated. hhs provided space, essentially, overcapacity, they say, at the border patrol facility. that s what those independent monitors saw. we got a statement from hhs saying they made room, found shelters for 250 of these kids. of those 250 kids transferred, 100 of them are going back because cvp says there s no longer capacity issues. those children initially transferred being taken back to the same environment they were taken out of. kate? according to your reporting,
going to deport millions i put the burden on the democrats. they didn t come up with a deal. and he s trying to put the blame on us. we have seen this process that he does. on everything. we started with the tariffs on mexico. with other situations across the world. he ll come up, put a hard ask or a tough thing and he s going to do and pull back. and try to claim victory whether it s a victory for him or not. just tonight hhs says 249 children will be moved out of an overcrowded border facility in texas. this comes after lawyers visiting the facility flagged reported unsanitary conditions. like a lack of soap, toothbrushes and diapers as well as hungry children. what happens next? we understand there s different types of facilities. the first facilities people are put in are by the border patrol