The Trump administration is opening new facilities in Texas to hold migrants who are apprehended at the border. Basically, they’re big tents meant to ease the pressure on smaller holding cells that are not equipped to hold the increasing number of families seeking asylum. The World’s Monica Campbell visited one of the new tent facilities in El Paso and tells host Carol Hills what they’re like.
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