Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Say They're Being Held Inside An Overcrowded Facility Without Showers

Attorneys who visited a Border Patrol tent facility in Texas for unaccompanied immigrant minors who recently crossed the border said some of the children were held for as many as eight days in crowded areas without showers or the ability to call their families.

Leecia Welch, senior director of child welfare for the National Center for Youth Law and another attorney with the organization, interviewed 20 children currently being detained by Border Patrol in Donna, Texas. All of the children had been in the custody of the border enforcement agency for at least five days, over the three-day limit they're are allowed to be in CBP custody under law.