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NEW YORK (77WABC) – After facing strong criticism for limiting media access to housing facilities at the border, 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 in an extremely overcrowded facility while they await transfer to other federal agencies better suited to address their needs.
You can see people crowded together sleeping on plastic mats. The video also shows shelves from inside the facility stocked with items including linens, diapers, food, water and hand sanitizer.
The federal agency also release photos of the facilities. One photo shows a child in a playpen, being watched over by a contracted caretaker.
