Rep. Henry Cuellar, whose congressional district lies along the southern border, shared another batch of photos that were sourced from Border Patrol facilities.
Cuellar aired the photos during a CBS News segment on Sunday morning.
The photos showed numerous unaccompanied minors being held in overcrowded conditions, sitting on the floor with foil blankets, and more.
"Border Patrol does not want to keep people there longer than 72 hours," Cuellar told the network.
"But there's two issues, two factors coming into play. One, there are so many-there's a large number of people coming across every single day, groups of over 100 individuals coming in into the Border Patrol custody, number one. Number two, the flow through, that is through , they're moving and they're trying to get more shelters open."
These family units, he warned, have placed pressure on border towns, NGOs, and others.
Last week, Cuellar's office sent the first batch of photos from a Donna, Texas, overflow facility to The Epoch Times, which showed crowded conditions and children being kept in plastic pens.
Monday, March 29, 2021
Border Democrat Shares Another Batch of Leaked Photos From Border Patrol Facilities
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