VOANews: U.S. Border Patrol video shows holding facility in McAllen, Texas
In recent weeks, news stories of children in detention centers have circulated more widely, and the numbers of detained children have grown.
Department of Homeland Security officials told reporters Friday that between April 19 and May 31 of this year, nearly 2,000 (1,995) children were separated from their parents or other adults with whom they were traveling.
A video released Monday by Customs and Border Protection shows what appears to be humane conditions at a shelter site for children, but this is the only video that has been released from within one of the detention centers.
Later Monday, the news outlet ProPublica released an audio recording that appears to capture the disturbing sound of Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility.
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