New video taken by border patrol agents show a border holding facility with massive overcrowding where migrants lay packed together – some not wearing masks.
'They are way past capacity – so aliens sit outside because where do you take them?' a source told Townhall Media in sharing the jarring images.
'Logistically it's a nightmare,' they continued, 'people want to go to the bathroom, need to eat, women need to breastfeed, and the list goes on.'
'This has surpassed the point of sustainability – this is lunacy,' the border agent added.
The images from the Rio Grande Valley Sector shows the overcrowding that has led to migrants apprehended in that area being held instead under the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, Texas.
These migrants remain in outdoor holding areas under the bridge as they await processing – and temperatures reach above 100 degrees.
New video from a Border Patrol agent shows migrants crammed together in a holding facility in the Rio Grande Valley – some without masks
The images emerged as the border crisis prevails and reports revealed that thousands were being released into local communities without first being tested for coroanvirus
Frustrated border agents provided the images to Townhall Media. Here men lay side-by-side behind a gate an overcrowded facility
Health and Human Services assured earlier this year the overcrowding issue has been resolved as they set up temporary facilities to hold migrants and set up Alternative to Detention Programs, like ankle bracelet monitoring or home check-ins. These measures are slammed by Republicans as so-called 'catch and release' programs, which they claim are ineffective in holding criminals accountable for illegal immigration.
Unaccompanied minors who are being held at HHS facilities are still claiming inhumane conditions, CNN reported this week.
Those in a facility in Pecos, Texas said they are being served undercooked food and experience long wait times for medical attention.
'When we eat meals, the meat and eggs are sometimes a bit raw, and the potatoes are a bit hard,' a 16-year-old from El Salvador who is staying at the Pecos site said, according to court documents. 'Sometimes, I worry about eating the food because I don't want to get sick. I know of two kids threw up after eating the food.'
It is now known that migrants do not have to obtain a negative COVID test before they are transported from the border and released into local communities. Reports reveal that thousands of COVID-positive migrants are spreading the disease in U.S. cities.
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Senate voted 88-11 to include in the $3.5 trillion budget resolution an amendment banning the release of migrants arriving at the southern border who do not first receive a negative coronavirus test.
The provision was proposed by Kansas Senator Roger Marshall and was adopted as part of the framework for the sweeping Democratic legislation, which passed the Senate overnight.
'This Administration's policies of an open border and mass amnesty have created a humanitarian crisis, a national security crisis, and health crisis,' Marshall said from the Senate floor upon the amendment being accepted.
The majority of senators agreed with Marshall that the language should be included in the bill to prevent illegal immigrants from being transported from the border and released into local communities if they do not obtain a negative COVID-19
