Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.

Federal courts have ruled that migrant children inside the United States must be housed in “safe and sanitary” accommodation. So what explains the conditions at a Border Patrol station in Clint, Tex.? Guest: Caitlin Dickerson, who covers immigration for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

Background reading:

• Soiled clothes, no diapers and no access to showers or soap — read more about the conditions that migrant children faced in an overcrowded border station in Texas.
• The authorities emptied the station, then moved more than 100 children back in. A Times reporter toured the site last week.
• Congress sent President Trump a $4.6 billion border aid package that left Democratic lawmakers badly divided.

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