Shock scenes show child migrants crammed in US border tents

SHOCKING images reveal the "terrible" conditions inside a border patrol tent as nearly 1,000 unaccompanied children have been held by agents for more than 10 days.

The images, captured inside a US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas, show groups of migrants laying on mats on the floor, using aluminum sheet blankets to keep warm.

he makeshift facility is made up of eight "pods" and each is meant to have a maximum occupancy of 260 people.

However, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) told Axios that as of Sunday, at least one pod was holding more than 400 unaccompanied male minors.

Cuellar described the setting as "terrible conditions for the children" and said they need to quickly be moved into the care of the Department of Health and Human Services.

While Cueller believes border agents are "doing the best they can" with the government's long-term child shelters and family detention centers full, the Democrat said the temporary tents are not "equipped to care for kids".

Urging the Biden administration to step in and help, Cuellar said: "We have to stop kids and families from making the dangerous trek across Mexico to come to the United States.

"We have to work with Mexico and Central American countries to have them apply for asylum in their countries."

Because the Biden administration has restricted media coverage in and around housing facilities, the images offer a rare glimpse of what life is like for those detained inside.

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