about how to respond. senior dhs officials have reportedly offered a controversial fix to the growing immigration crisis. advising that president biden takes a page from those gop lawmakers such as florida governor ron desantis and fly migrants to other cities or the countries northern border. the white house is ro reportedly reluctant to follow that path. let s bring in julia ansly. good to have you on. julia, you have been reporting on that friction between the biden white house and dhs. tell us more. this is according to documents we have reviewed and internal communications. it shows mounting frustration. there s been a series of meetings lately between the white house and senior dhs officials where they try to come up with different solutions to what s happening on the border. the numbers across the porder
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saying about the children, the younger children had to be protected. again, one of the reasons he would have given them their food and allowed them to lie down, because they said when the younger children cried, the guards would get angry and yell at them. now, we have reached out to dhs, department of homeland security and customs and border protection, about this and here s what they had to say here. they said that the claims are inconsistent with cbp s records corresponding with the juvenile migrant s time in custody from may 25th to june 5th. border protection and office of resettlement were completed the day following his apprehension on may 27th and he remained in cbp s custody until orr s placement was provided on june 5th. they re saying they re inconsistent, but they say it is important to note that cbp takes all reports of employee misconduct seriously and the juvenile s allegation of mistreatment have been referred to cbp s office of responsibility. julia, it s important t
we ve heard from lawyers and government workers about the overcrowding and unsanitary conditions of children being held at border patrol stations along the mexican border. now in an nbc news exclusive we re hearing from a child held inside one of those facilities. nbc s julia ainslie sat down with aber in, a 17-year-old guatemala boy who spent 11 days in the crowded cell at the yuma station. the children rarely speak to the media for fear of being deported. julia, how did abner describe his experience inside that facility? in a lot of ways what he described is exactly what we heard in 30 reports that jacob sober o soboroff went through two weeks ago, about the overcrowding, not being able to sit down, not being given a shower. but he got into extreme hunger.
those statements, but it s so important to hear their voices. hearing him say [ speaking foreign language ] spending the night without sleeping and [ speaking foreign language ] just, you know, fighting sleep, that s a terrible thing to hear from a child. julia an julia ansly, thank you so much. this year marks a quarter of a century since a democrat has held a statewide office in texas and the list of candidates hoping to change that got a little bit longer. royce west just announced his bid to unseat senator john cornyn. he enters an already crowded primary field that now includes at least three other candidates hoping to pull off the democratic dream. it s a dream that beto o rourke came close to grabbing but failed to deliver back in 2018 despite a near record amount of campaign cash. and really unprecedented national attention. royce west joins me now. state senator west, just in terms of historical context, testimony really hasn t gone blue since the late anne