we spoke to a long time border patrol agent in el paso about the horrific conditions at migrant facilities. and offensive online post by other agents. and what that agent said is stunning. you re taking a big risk doing this. they need to know the truth. a border patrol agent who had enough. in an interview the vet agent who agreed to go on camera expressed disgust as a close td facebook group compromised of current and former agents. the first to expose the group i m 1015. lewd and sexist content about latin members of congress including alexandria ocasio-cortez. being derogatory is part of the border patrol culture. even hearing a supervisor joke about dead migrants. he was making fun of them. saying what?
grande detention facilities last month. the report describes, quote, serious overcrowding and prolonged detention of unaccompanied alien children, families, and single adults that require immediate attention. senior managers at several facilities raised security concerns. one called the situation a ticking time bomb. children at three of the five border patrol facilities were visited and had no access to showers. two facilities had not provided children access to hot meals. tonight a new cnn poll shows nearly three-quarters of americans say the situation at the southern border with mexico is a crisis. a number of house democrats toured migrant facilities in texas yesterday in florida. today they and party leaders are speaking out about the conditions and about the white house s response. we came today to say we will shut this down if we have to. and because this does not have to be this way.
in ft. brown station, one man holds up a sign that says, help, 40 day here. the office of the inspector general surveyed those rio grande detention facilities last month. the report describes, quote, serious overcrowding and prolonged detention of unaccompanied alien children, families, and single adults that require immediate attention. senior managers at several facilities raised security concerns. one called the situation a ticking time bomb. children at three of the five border patrol facilities were visited and had no access to showers. two facilities had not provided children access to hot meals. tonight a new cnn poll shows nearly three-quarters of americans say the situation at the southern border with mexico is a crisis. a number of house democrats toured migrant facilities in texas yesterday in florida. today they and party leaders are speaking out about the conditions and about the white house s response.
good wednesday morning, everybody. it is july 3rd. i m yasmin vossoughian alongside nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett. we begin with the inspector general, the department of homeland security warning of, quote, dangerous overcrowding at migrant facilities in texas. these images, the unannounced inspections took place at five ports of entry in the rio grande area of texas during the week of june 10th. investigators found children at the facilities. they didn t have access to showers. these children had to sleep on concrete floors. they also reported single adults being held in standing-room only conditions. along with serious concerns about health risks. according to the report, senior managers at several facilities raised security concerns for their agents and detainees. one called the situation a,
militarizing and politicizing america s holiday. inhumane and indefensible, those words being used by the united states congress to describe the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. democratic lawmakers including oscasio-cortez toured two migrant facilities in texas and saw what they called horrifying living conditions there firsthand. oscasio-cortez tweeting officers were keeping women in cells with no matter and told to drink out of the toilets. joining me now is calipari, one of the only journalists who has seen the facility in mccallan, texas and visited the clint facility we re speaking of and tent city. let s start with the mccallan facility. what did you see there months ago with what you re hearing now? what i saw was much worse than the clint facility. to be clear, i have not been in