this is a facility that houses single adults. we walked into the areas where they were crowded and behind bars. as soon as we walked in, we were taken aback by the stench. it smelled by urine. and immediately, the migrants started yelling to tell us how long some of them were inside of there. they talked about not getting showers or brush their teeth. at one point, one of the men said to me, this isn t human, i m not a terrorist. i was told they couldn t have cots because it would take up too much space. that s what they were sleeping, on con cleat. there isn t enough room for them
i don t know if you ve seen this yet, but a disturbing scene at a migrant detention holding area that mike pence toured, packed with hundreds of men, some who say they have been there for 40 days without access to showers or toothbrushes. reporters on the tour, this is mcallen, by the way, said the stench was nearly overwhelming, especially in the stifling hot room. pamela brown sat down with vice president mike pence after this tour and asked him about the conditions that the migrants are being held in. here s what he said reporter: we went to two different facilities. there seemed to be a big difference between the first one where families were housed and the one where there are single adult migrants. when i went in there, one of them said to me, i m talking about the second facility, this isn t human, the way we re
facility. here s what he said. we went to two different facilities today and there seemed to be a big differencin between the first one where the families are being housed and the one here with single adult migrants one of them said to me, i m talking about the second facility, this isn t human the way we re treated. there was a horrible smell, i m sure you smelled it. they were sleeping on concrete because there s not enough room for cots, we re told. it was hot. some claimed they were hungry. is that acceptable to you? no, it s not. it s the reason why we demanded that congress provided 4.6 billion in additional support to customs and border protection. the last six months democrats in congress have been saying this is a manufactured crisis. apps you saw firsthand today, here at mccallen station, where our cells are overflowing and now that temporary facility that
facility with the migrants packed in pleading for help? here is what he said. we went to two different facilities today. there seemed to be a big difference between the first one where the families were housed and the one here where there are single adults migrants. when i went in fl one of them said to me i m talking about the second facility this isn t human. the way we re treated. it was there was a horrible smell i m sure you smelled it you were in there as well. they were on concrete because there is not enough room for cots we re told. hot. some of them claimed they were hungry is that acceptable to you. no, it s not. it s the reason why we demanded the gnat congress provide $4.6 billion in additional support. to customs and border protection. look foshag the last six months democrats in congress have been sayings in a manufactured crisis. but as you saw firsthand today here at mcallen station where
whether he is comfortable with what we saw at this facility with the migrants packed in pleading for help. here is what he said. we went to two different pa sill facilities today and there is a big difference where the families were being housed and the one here where there are single adult migrants. when i went in there, one of them said to me, i m talking about the second facility, this isn t human the way we re treated. it was there was a horrible smell. i m sure you smelled it. you were in there, as well. they were sleeping on concrete because there is not enough room for cots we re told. i was hot. some of them claimed they were hungry. is that acceptable to you? no, it s not. it s the reason we demanded that congress provide $4.6 billion in additional support to customs and border protection. look, for the last six months, democrats in congress have been saying this is a manufactured crisis, but as you saw firsthand