Photos show US border facility crowded with migrant children

A Democratic congressman released the photos as the Biden administration faces increased scrutiny over the influx of migrants.

The immigration policy of United States President Joe Biden continued to draw criticism on Monday after a series of pictures emerged of a crowded detention facility housing migrant children. Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from Texas whose district is on the US-Mexico border, made the pictures public on Monday. The photos show migrant children, who had crossed into the US alone without a parent or guardian, being held in crowded rooms with mattresses on the floor surrounded with clear plastic at a detention facility in Texas. Photos also showed that each room contained a television screen.