COMING UP NEXT >>> THE FACILITY ITSELF WHERE
THESE YOUNG PEOPLE, MANY OF THEM
CHILDREN, 10, 11, 12 YEARS OLD
ARE BEING HELD, HOW MANY WINDOWS
ARE THERE INSIDE?
>> HOW MANY WINDOWS?
WAS THAT HIS QUESTION?
>> ZERO.
>> ZERO. >> DO THEY EAT AT THE SAME TIME
THREE TIMES A DAY BREAKFAST,
LUNCH AND DINNER?
>> THEY EAT THREE MEALS A DAY
BUT THEY EAT ON ROTATION.
>> IS IT A MENU OR A SPECIFIC --
>> NO, IT’S JUST -- I MEAN, WHEN
I WAS IN THERE IT WAS PEAS AND
CHICKEN, SOME VEGETABLES, A
THING OF JELL-O AND YOU KNOW, I
WASN’T LIKE A SCHOOL CAFETERIA.
AND THEY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT
OF CLOTHES THEY CAN WEAR.
THEY DO GO TO SCHOOL BUT
EVERYTHING IS VERY STRUCTURED.
THE CALLS GOING IN AND THE CALLS
GOING OUT DETERMINE T NOT BY
THEM.
THEM. IT’S INCARCERATION.
IT’S INCARCERATION. >> SO JACOB SPEENGING WITH US
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. HE SAW A FIRST LOOK HOUSING OVER
1,000 KIDS WHO CAME TO THE
COUNTRY WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION.
NOW JACOB JUST FINISHED A RARE
TOUR OF THE BORDER PATROL’S
PROCESSING CENTER WHERE MORE
ACCEPT RATIONS HAPPENED THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE AND JACOB JONES US
NOW WITH THAT STORY P JACOB,
WHAT DID YOU SEE?
>> HEY, MIKA.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST
STOP AND A DHS OFFICIAL TOLD ME
IT IS THE EPICENTER OF FAMILY
ACCEPT RATIONS.
ACCEPT RATIONS. INSIDE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE
ACTUALLY SEPARATED, CHILDREN
FROM THEIR PARENTS THAN ANYWHERE
ELSE ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
BORDER. NOBODY HAD BEEN ABLE TO GET
INSIDE UNTIL YESTERDAY.
WE WE THE DID.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> WHEN ARE THEY STEP RATED FROM
THEIR CHILDREN.
THEIR CHILDREN. WHEN THEY GO TO COURT.
>> FACING THE CAMERAS AND
OPENING HIS DOORS FOR THE FIRST
TIME, RIO GRANDE ALVEODOUBLED
DOWN ON THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION’S ZERO TOLERANCE
POLICY.
POLICY. BUT HE DIDN’T SAY IT WAS
DESIGNED TO SEPARATE PARENTS
FROM CHILDREN.
FROM CHILDREN. >> CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE
SEPARATION PROCESS?
SEPARATION PROCESS? HOW DOES IT HAPPEN?
>> THERE IS NO SEPARATION
PROCESS.
PROCESS. AS THEY GO THROUGH THE JUDICIAL
PROCESS THEY ARE TEMPORARILY
SEPARATED.
SEPARATED. >> HE TOLD US HERE ALONE 1,174
KIDS WERE TAKEN FROM THEIR
PARENTS SINCE THE POLICY WAS
ENACTED.
ENACTED. IT HAPPENS INSIDE THIS BUILDING.
THE FACILITY SERVEs AS AN
INTAKE, THE BIGGEST OF ITS KIND
IN THE COUNTRY.
WE ARE INVITED TO SEE IT WITH
OUR OWN YEAHS BUT NOT WITH OUR
OWN CAMERAS.
OWN CAMERAS. ALL WE CAN SHOW YOU IS PHOTOS
PROVIDED TO US BY THE BORDER
PATROL.
PATROL. MIGRANTS WERE KEPT IN CHAIN LINK
FENCES WRAPPED IN MYOLAR BLANK
KETS.
KETS. WHEN WE WALKED IN THE DOOR OF
THE PROKULTFACILITY, 197 UNACCOM
MINORS AND THE REST X ADEALTS ON
THEIR OWN.
THEIR OWN. MIGRANTS ARE SORTED BASED ON
AGE, GENDER AND FAMILY STATUS.
THAT’S WHAT THE BORDER PATROL
CALLS THEM, PODS.
ONE FOR GIRLS 17 AND UNDER,
ANOTHER FOR BOYS 17 AND UNDER
AND THEN THERE ARE THE FAMILIES.
MOMS WITH KIDS AND DADS WITH
KIDS.
KIDS. ANOTHER ONE OF THESE HEART
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS. THEY SHOW A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL AS A
BORDER PATROL OFFICER OBTAINS
HER MATHER.
HER MATHER. IMAGES LIKE THIS ARE ONLY ADDING
TO THE CONTENTIOUS DEBIBT ABOUT
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY.
>> THERE’S BEEN SOME TALK, SOME
CONVERSATION THAT WILL ARE NO
TEENAGES, PEOPLE AREN’T KEPT IN
DAJS INSIDE THE AFAULTY AND I
SAW WITH MY OWN EYES.
YOU GUYS SAW IT IN THE PHOTOS
AND INCREASINGLY THE CHILDREN
THAT ARE KEPT IN THOSE CAGES ARE
BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR
PARENTS UNDER THIS POLICY THAT
IS A MANUFACTURE CRISIS.
NOT ONLY IS IT AFKING THE
CHILDREN BUT THE AGENTS INSIDE
THIS FACILITY.
THIS FACILITY. IT’S KRE YACHTSING A STRETCH ON
THE SYSTEM AND THINK WILL ONLY
FOR LICENSED SOCIAL CARE WORKERS
IN THIS BARE THE CERTIFICATION.
SO IF A WARRANT IS TAKEN AWAY
AND YOU HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD CHILD,
I ASKED, IF THEY COME IN AND
TAKE HIM AWAY, THEY COULD DO
SIMPLE THINGS LIKE CHANGE
DIAPERS AND WITH THE ACCEPT
RATIONS INCREEDSING, THIS IS
GOING TO GET MORE TEN WOUS,
GUYS.
GUYS. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU SQUUZ
THIS CHANGING OF TYPERS.
SOIMS FOR COMFORT, SOMETIMES FOR
CHANGING THE DIAPER.
WHAT’S THE POLICY?
>> WHAT I WAS TOLD IS BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, I LAST WEENG WHICH
WITH THE SECOND STEP THE
INTERACTION IS LIMITED BECAUSE
OF LAWS KE SIGNED TO PROTECT
CHURN FROM SEXUAL HARASSMENT.
THEY’RE ACTUALLY PRISON RAPE
LAWS WHICH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY
SAY THESE AREN’T PRISONS, IF
YOU’RE OPERATING THE SAME LAWS
THAT ARE INTENDED TO PROTECT
CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT IN
PRISONENS THEN WHAT DO DO YOU
CALL THESE PLACES?
>> I DON’T KNOW IF THE SAME
POLICIES ARE PUT INTO PLACE HERE
BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME SO.
>> JACOB, I WONDER ABOUT THE
PEOPLE WORKING THESE FACILITIES.
I MEAN THEY’RE HUMAN BEINGS.
I’M SURE SM OF THEM ARE RYING TO
DO THE BEST THEY CAN.
HAVE YOU TALKED TO THEM ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON AND HOW IT’S
UNSUSTAINABLE?
UNSUSTAINABLE? >> Reporter: YEAH, I MEAN, THE
CHIEF OF THE BORDER PATROL
SECTOR, MANUAL PADILLA TOLD ME
THAT THEY’RE NOT AT 100% YET
BECAUSE IT’S TOO CHAOTIC.
THEY CAN’T MANAGE THE VOLUME OF
PEOPLE COMING IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
BORDER PATROL AGENTS SAID THERE
REALLY ARE NOT ENOUGH AGENTS
PROCESS PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING
OFF TO BE SEPARATED FROM THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. SO THERE ARE THESE VIRTUAL
STATIONS AND YOU CAN TALK TO
AGENERALS IN THE EL CENTRO RG
WHICH IS CLOSE.
SO IT’S ALMOST LIKE YOU’RE AN
AGENT SITTING IN A REMOTE
LOCATION AWAY FROM HERE AND
YOU’RE SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM
THEIR KIDS.
THEIR KIDS. I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT IT DOES TO
THE AGENTS ELISE, THIS IS JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF A GLIMPSE INTO
WHAT JAY SOB IS TALKING ABOUT.
TEXAS MONTHLY HAS THIS
DESCRIPTION FROM THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF ON A NONPROFIT.
I WAS TALKING TO ONE MORTER AND
SHE SAID DON’T TAKE MY CHILD
AWAY.
AWAY. THE STARTED SCREAMS AND
VIOLENTLY AND I SHE ASKED THE
OFFICERS, CAN I HAVE AT LEAST
FIVEMONTES TO CONSOLE HER, AND
THEY SAID NO.
>> YOU ARE DOING INCREDIBLE JOB.
I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT
YOU SAID ABOUT THE JUDGE
CHILDREN AND ABOUT THE TOUCHING
AND THE WHOELDING OF THESE SCARE
YOUNG CHILDREN IN THEIR BYES WHO
NEED THEIR DIAPER CHANGE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE’S SIMPLY
NOT ENOUGH WORKERS TO HUE
MELANIALY TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS
OF LITTLE ONES WHO WE ARE
ESSENTIAL PUTTING IN PLACE.
THIS IS TANTAMOUNT TO CHILD
ABUSE.
ABUSE. >> IT MAKES YOU SICK.
I HAVE A TWO AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD
SON MYSELF AND YOU SEE CHILDREN
THAT ARE -- THAT ARE SITTING
THERE AND IT’S -- YOU CANNOT
FATHOM WHAT THESE LITTLE KIDS
ARE GOING THROUGH AND WHAT’S
GOING THROUGH THEIR LITTLE
BRAINS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
LIVES. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT --
THESE FACILITIES WERE NOT NEW.
THEY WERE HERE AMID PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION.
ADMINISTRATION. BUT THEY ACT OF SEPARATING
CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AS A
SYSTEM ATTIC POLICY IS A DIRECT
THING HE WANTS TO HAPPEN RIGHT
NOW AND IT’S JUST NOT TRUE WHEN
ANYBODY ELSE SAYS OTHERWISE.
>> IT’S WORTH REPEATING MANY
TIMES THAT THERE IS A CAMPAIGN
TO TWIST THE TRUTH.
THIS WAS A POLICY OF COURSE,