Biden administration releases video from inside crowded migrant detention facilities
Source: ABC News
ABC News got an exclusive first look at videos, photos produced in recent days.
ByCecilia Vega,Mike Levine, andKatherine Faulders
March 23, 2021, 7:00 AM • 7 min read
Faced with mounting pressure over the public's limited access to federal facilities housing a record number of migrant children, the Biden administration has now released its first official images from inside two Texas detention centers, with ABC News receiving an exclusive first look at videos and photos produced in recent days by the U.S. government.
The videos -- shot last week and released Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- show living conditions inside a processing facility in El Paso, Texas, and a holding facility in Donna, Texas, where unaccompanied children and other migrants, including families, are being held while they await transfer to other federal agencies better suited to address their needs.
In the government-sanctioned photos and videos, children arriving at the Donna facility wear masks as they have their temperatures checked and receive health scans. One photo shows a child in a playpen, being watched over by a contracted caretaker.
The nearly four-minute video from Donna then depicts a crowded but orderly facility, with children packed into enclosures and sleeping on mats on floors. The video also shows shelves from inside the facility stocked with items including linens, diapers, food, water and hand sanitizer.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/544456-biden-administration-releases-video-of-migrant-facilities-to-abc-news
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