On CNN the next morning, Merkley described a facility in McAllen, Tex., where “hundreds of children” were locked up in cages. While we can’t corroborate Merkley’s claim that he saw “hundreds” of children in these chain-link fence enclosures, it seems clear from the photographs we found that Customs and Border Protection does hold children in fenced enclosures at the McAllen facility. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass., left, tours a processing center for immigrant children in McAllen, Tex., in 2014.) “This is a former Walmart that has been turned into a center for children,” Merkley says in the video. Merkley’s other claim, that HHS has a policy of not allowing anyone to visit its shelters for immigrant children, is false.

Source: Washington Post June 06, 2018 06:56 UTC