the only signs of the 60 children housed inside. some may have been forcibly separated from their parents after crossing into the country illegally. the u.s. government calls it a tender age facility, one of at least three in texas alone. the ceo of southwest key offered his own description. i want to make it very, very clear that this is not a detention center. we have a licensed by the state of texas to run a child care facility. what we run is a child care facility. reporter: cnn and other media outlets have not been allowed to bring cameras inside any of the facilities. the government has only given this video and some photos showing families behind chain link cages, resting on green sleeping pads and wrapped in mylar blankets. none of the government handout materials show girls. we ve only seen the boys. i will look into that. reporter: cnn spoke to democratic texas congressman who got a rare glimpse inside one of
neighborhood. speaking of some want neighboof neighbors, they often hear soccer balls over the big white wall, but we don t know what happens here. you see, our cameras haven t been given any access. the government has only given this video and photos showing families behind chained link cages resting on green sleeping pads and wrapped in mylar blankets. none of the government handout materials show girls. we have only seen boys. i will look into that. reporter: cnn spoke to texas congressman, fill amoan villa, who got a rare glimpse inside one of the centers. the idea that you would walk into a facility like this one and see children at the age of 8 months or 1 year who have been taken from their parents and the idea that it s the american government in the year 2018 holding them hostage for whatever ambitions the president may have, it s just abhorrent. reporter: now as president