What is even more.......is that it will keep perpetuating itself...............we need to fix this permanently.........the only way to do it is to fix Latin America.........and the policies between the nations..........................

The Trump administration has been pushing to end the settlement, arguing the restrictions get in the way of immigration enforcement. The administration has also said it's been overwhelmed by a humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border, and the White House is requesting $4.5 billion in emergency funding to deal with it.

What's behind the spike in immigrants at the border

CBP responded to the allegations Friday, saying the agency urgently needs funding.

"US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leverages our limited resources to provide the best care possible to those in our custody, especially children," the statement said. "As DHS and CBP leadership have noted numerous times, our short-term holding facilities were not designed to hold vulnerable populations and we urgently need additional humanitarian funding to manage this crisis."

In the statement, CBP said it works with the Department of Health and Human Services to move unaccompanied children to their custody as soon as possible.

"All allegations of civil rights abuses or mistreatment in CBP detention are taken seriously and investigated to the fullest extent possible," CBP said.

Thursday, in response to the allegations, a CBP official with intimate knowledge of the stations in El Paso told CNN "it's all about perspective." Conditions have improved at the facilities, the official said.

"At the beginning, yes, it was harsh. A year ago it was bad. Things are better than they were three months ago when kids were sleeping on the floor," the official said. "The answer here from the higher-ups seems to be to just add more tents and that's going to take care of the problem. It's not."

The official said migrants are getting three meals a day at the facilities.

"There is no variation in the meals," the official said, "but they are being fed and given access to medical care."

But advocates say conditions in the facilities are dangerous. Among the conditions the team says were reported by detainees during their recent visits:

• Children held up to 26 days in detention - Long said she spoke with children who'd been held at the facility for nearly a month.

"A lot of the kids had been held for 21 days," she said. This would be a violation of a court settlement that says children can be held in immigrant detention for a maximum of 20 days.

• Children taking care of children - "I did talk to kids who were taking care of very tender age children themselves. There doesn't appear to be child care there," Long said, describing the Clint facility. "They're left to fend for themselves. Older kids are taking care of the babies."

• Shortage of beds - "The kids said they were being held in rooms with windows toward the interior, but no windows to look out," Long said. "In some rooms, there are beds, but not enough for all the kids. Many are sleeping on the floor, some with mattresses, some without."

• Inadequate clothing - Gialluca said she saw children "clad only in a diaper and a tiny T-shirt or a filthy onesie." "They didn't have socks or shoes, nowhere near appropriate for the conditions that they were in," she said.