threatened by gang rape, and many of them, most of them have family living here in the united states. all they ve come to us and asked us that we get them to their parents and this is what they ve experienced. there was one little girl, she was taken away from her mother, her father and her younger sister and she didn t want to go. the border patrol officers were separating her. she didn t want to be separated from her family, obviously. her dad went to her and leaned down and said, honey, you need to go with these men, they re going to take you someplace that is better for children and this is where they took her, was the clint border patrol facility. so i feel like as a nation we are failing these children. and i know that we need that we can do better and that we need to start to do better. and they have people like you who tell their story who have the courage and we really appreciate you coming on. thank you, warren binford. thank you. i really appreciate it. you take care.
or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today s xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i d rather not. you have to listen to this story. so please pay attention, everyone. it s really important. the department of health and human services telling cnn that by tomorrow 249 migrant children will have been removed from an overcrowded and filthy border facility in clint, texas, and my next guest is part of the team of lawyers and doctors that visited the facility last week and sounded the alarm on the disturbing conditions. they reported that children were being denied regular access to showers, clean clothes, toothbrushes, proper food and even beds. so joining me now is warren binford, she s a law professor
for by children unrelated to them in these holding cells and in these pens. and when i say the children are older than them, we re talking about children who are seven years old, eight years old, nine years old. they are being ordered by the guards to care for the younger children. and it leads to all the problems you can imagine because these young children are not equipped to take care of toddlers. one of my colleagues, warren binford, was interviewing an eight-year-old child who was tasked with caring for a two-year-old. and when warren asked whether the child, the two-year-old, needed diapers, the eight-year-old said no, and the child, the two-year-old, promptly peed on the chair that the child was sitting on. these are not safe and sanitary conditions. there was an influenza outbreak at the facility, flu and lyice were spreading. the children don t have access
couldn t bear to bring themselves to play because they were trying to conserve their energy to stay alive. nearly every child i spoke with reported that they were hungry because children are given the same ration of food on the same size tray regardless of if they are one year old or 17 years old or a teenage mother who is breastfeeding and has higher caloric needs. elora, thank you so much for joining us. thank you very much. thank you. when we come back, we ll be joined at a refugee and immigrant center in texas. warren binford is another the matters.ar. introducing the all-new 2019 ford ranger, it s the right gear. with a terrain management system for. this. a bash plate for. that. an electronic locking rear differential for. yeah. this.
and are being cared for by other children who get that assignment, they either volunteered for it or sometimes the guards are suggesting, why don t you take care of that infant? that s exactly right. so we heard reports of children as young as six months old, one year old, two years old, three years old, who are being cared for by children unrelated to them in these holding cells and in these pens. and when i say the children are older than them, we re talking about children who are seven years old, eight years old, nine years old. they are being ordered by the guards to care for the younger children. and it leads to all the problems you can imagine because these young children are not equipped to take care of toddlers. one of my colleagues, warren binford, was interviewing an eight-year-old child who was tasked with caring for a two-year-old. and when warren asked whether