BREAKING: Photos show hundreds of migrants crammed into overflowing border facilities. One senior manager at a facility called the situation a 'ticking time bomb,' according to DHS Office of the Inspector General report.
The Rio Grande valley of Texas has the highest volume of immigrants along the United States-Mexico border. At the time of the visits by investigators, Border Patrol was holding 8,000 detainees in custody, with 3,400 being held longer than the 72-hour limit.
Eighty-eight males held in a cell with a maximum capacity of 41, some signaling prolonged detention to Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General staff, on June 12, 2019, at Border Patrol's Fort Brown Station. One man held up a handwritten sign that said "HELP. 40 DAY HERE".Overcrowding in a room for adult males at the Border Patrol's McAllen, Texas, facility on June 10, 2019, observed by Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General staff.
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