>>> A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF
LAWMAKERS IS HEADED TO EL PASO,
TEXAS, TODAY AMID THE SURGE OF
MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER.
IT FOLLOWS FRIDAYS GRUELING
TRIP TO THE REGION BY SEPARATE
GROUPS OF DEMOCRATIC AND
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS MEMBERS.
MEANTIME, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS
HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL TAKE
STEPS TO MORE QUICKLY MOVE
HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT YOUTH OUT OF
CRAMPED DETENTION FACILITIES.
BUT AS THE POLITICAL BATTLE
PLAYS OUT, THE STORIES WERE
HEARING ARE STILL HEARTBREAKING.
THIS WEEK WE LEARNED A
9-YEAR-OLD GIRL DROWNED WHILE
TRYING TO CROSS THE RIO GRANDE
INTO THE UNITED STATES.
NBCS SUZANNE CAMBOA IS IN
PARISIO SPRINGS, TEXAS.
SUZANNE, SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU
HERE WITH ME.
WHATS GOING ON THERE ON THE
GROUND?
>> Reporter: TIFFANY, YESTERDAY
WE HAD CONGRESSMAN CASTRO HERE
WITH SEVERAL DEMOCRATS VISITING
THIS TEMPORARY CENTER TRYING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY PLEASED WITH
WHAT THEY SAW.
THEY FELT LIKE THERE WAS A LOT
MORE MEDICAL STAFF HERE.
THEY FELT LIKE THE KIDS WERE
PROPERLY BEING TREATED IN TERMS
OF COVID, SEPARATED, NOT
NEGLECTED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT
HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE.
THERES AN EVENT GOING ON IN EL
PASO BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE ONE
REPUBLICAN THERE.
THIS WAS ALL DEMOCRATS.
THAT WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME
TIME A WHOLE GROUP OF ABOUT 18
SENATORS WAS MEETING DOWN IN THE
VALLEY ABOUT 300 MILES FROM
HERE.
THAT GAP OF MILEAGE WAS REALLY
SORT OF INDICATIVE OF WHAT WERE
SEEING IN JUST THE WHOLE
IMMIGRATION DEBATE.
THE LARGE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO
PARTIES.
>> YEAH.
SUZANNE, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THE
FRAMING AROUND THIS CONVERSATION
IS I THINK FREQUENTLY TOO
POLITICAL.
EVEN CALLING THIS A HUMANITARIAN
CRISIS.
YOURE STANDING OUTSIDE A
FACILITY.
YOU SAID THIS IS SELF-INFLICTED
BY THE UNITED STATES.
IM CURIOUS THROUGH A HUMANE
LENS, WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> WHAT I MEANT IS THIS
HAPPENS -- MIGRATION HAPPENS.
ITS A HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
ITS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
STOP BECAUSE PEOPLE LOOK FOR
SURVIVAL.
WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS IN
PART A RESPONSE TO DROUGHT AND
TO DISASTERS THAT HAPPENED, A
HURRICANE THAT HAPPENED DOWN IN
CENTRAL AMERICA AND SO PEOPLE
ARE JUST LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW,
SURVIVAL AND THEY ARE GETTING
MISINFORMATION OR DISINFORMATION
ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE BORDER
IS OPEN.
THEYRE SENDING CHILDREN.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE
BRING UP OFTEN, YOU HAVE TO BE
PRETTY DESPERATE TO SEND YOUR
CHILDREN ALONG ON SUCH A LONG
TRIP TO HAVE A BETTER LIFE.
IM HAUNTED BY THIS STORY THAT
CAME OUT DURING THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AND IT WAS A
16-YEAR-OLD BOY THAT WAS IN
CUSTODY.
HE HAD THE FLU OR SOMETHING AND
HE PASSED AWAY IN CUSTODY.
ONE OF THE QUOTES HE HAD -- THIS
WAS AN AP STORY.
ONE OF THE QUOTES IN THE STORY
WAS IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION HE
SAID, MOM, I PRAY THAT SOMEONE
BRINGS YOU CORN, BEANS OR SALT.
VERY SIMPLE STAPLES.
ITS PART OF THE WHOLE POLITICAL
DEBATE OF WHATS GOING ON OF
WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY DO WE WANT
TO BE.
DO WE WANT TO BE HUMANITARIAN OR
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHERE ARE WE BRINGING THESE TWO