watchdog, went into some of these detention centers and described squalid conditions and all of these things, so this is not just coming from the new york times, this is coming from the government itself and the people who are supposed to be looking at this. they re saying that these conditions are that these conditions are not good for these children who are being held. and within the administration, what you get is the position that, yes, there s chronic overcrowding. yes, we need more resources. yes, it would be nice if congress could have a plan as to what we should do here in the middle of all of this here. this is the chief border patrol agent in el paso responsible for the clint center which is in focus on cnn this morning. every two days these children are getting offered shower facilities. now, we cannot make them shower. we can take them to the shower and we can put them there, but we can t physically make them shower. it s the same thing with brushing their teeth. we
agents, and supervisors, lawyers , lawmakers and aids, who visited the facility and an immigrant father whose children were held there. congresswoman also said she saw bad conditions at the migrant detention center in clint, texas herself. it s traumatic. i mean, i don t know how to explain to people what we saw when we re explaining to people and they re kind of looking back saying well that can t be true and i said but we re all there. reporter: and so you have her saying that she saw it for herself, however acting homeland security secretary says allegations of inadequate food and water and unclean cells at the clint center are unsubstantiated. because there s adequate food and water because the facility is clean every day, because i know what our standard s are and i know they re being followed because we have an extraordinarily challenging situation and we had an overflow situation, hundreds of children