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Trump defends border detention facilities as ‘clean but crowded’

(Josh Dawsey | The Washington Post via AP) Men stand in a U.S. Immigration and Border Enforcement detention center in McAllen, Texas, Friday, July 12, 2019, as Vice President Mike Pence visits. Acknowledging "this is tough stuff," Pence says he was not surprised by what he saw as he toured the McAllen Border Patrol station Friday where hundreds of men were kept in caged fences with no cots amid sweltering heat.