PHOTOS: Inside immigration holding facilities on the Texas-Mexico border
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Inside the central processing facility at McAllen Border Patrol in Texas. (Photo: US Customs and Border Protection)
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Children wait behind a cage created by a chain link fence inside a holding facility for immigrants arrested at the southern U.S. border.
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The U.S. Border Patrol on Sunday allowed reporters to briefly visit the facility where it holds families arrested at the southern U.S. border. The government later released video showing some of the conditions inside.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks outside the US Customs and Border Protection station in Brownsville, Texas on Sunday, June 17, 2018. (Photo: Kyle Iboshi, KGW)
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A U.S. Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas on Sunday, June 17, 2018. (Photo: Kyle Iboshi, KGW)
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The US Customs and Border Protection station in Brownsville, Texas on Sunday, June 17, 2018. (Photo: Kyle Iboshi, KGW)
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) speaks outside the US Customs and Border Protection station in Brownsville, Texas on Sunday, June 17, 2018. (Photo: Kyle Iboshi, KGW)