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Children packed into Border Patrol tent for days on end

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HOUSTON – Hundreds of immigrant children and teenagers have been detained at a Border Patrol tent facility in packed conditions, with some sleeping on the floor because there aren't enough mats, according to nonprofit lawyers who conduct oversight of immigrant detention centers.

The lawyers interviewed more than a dozen children Thursday in Donna, Texas, where the Border Patrol is holding more than 1,000 people.

Some of the youths told the lawyers they had been at the facility for a week or longer, despite the agency's three-day limit for detaining children.

Many said they haven't been allowed to phone their parents or other relatives who may be wondering where they are. Despite concerns about the coronavirus, the children are kept so

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