EXCLUSIVE: Photos show migrant children lying in rocks and dirt, covered with Mylar blankets as they waited outside an overcrowded US Border Patrol station
A baby bottle filled with milk can be seen in one photo next to a child sleeping outside on dirt, and in another, a woman is seen sitting on rocks leaning against a wall clutching a child.In others, migrants are seen seemingly wandering the premises, which has four temporary tents to accommodate the swell of migrants approaching the US-Mexico border. One photo shows an agent holding a megaphone in a sea of migrants outside of the station.
'The flow is coming faster, frankly, than we can process it'Border Patrol stations are designed to intake and process migrants who cross the border illegally. But stations have been stressed with overcrowding. When agents get backlogged with processing, indoor holding areas get full, forcing people to wait outside.
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