Drawings by migrant children in detention facility in McAllen, Texas, show them in cages.
The incoming president of the American Academy of Pediatrics said Wednesday that children should not be held in detention centers after she toured Customs and Border Protection facilities last week.
The AAP provided NBC News with drawings it said were made by children recently released from CBP custody depicting themselves in cages.The pictures were drawn by children at the Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen, Texas, which is run by Sister Norma Pimentel. The Respite Center is where many families go after being released from CBP custody and processing before heading to their next destinations.
The AAP does not currently know which CBP facilities housed the children, but said it was working to find out.
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