Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.

<p>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 <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/21/us/migrant-children-border-soap.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">Soiled clothes, no diapers and no access to showers or soap</a> — read more about the conditions that migrant children faced in an overcrowded border station in Texas.</li><li>The authorities emptied the station, then<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/john-sanders-cbp.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> moved more than 100 children back in</a>. A Times reporter<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/26/us/migrant-children-border-clint-texas.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> toured the site last week</a>.</li><li>Congress<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/border-funding-immigration.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> sent President Trump a $4.6 billion border aid package</a> that left Democratic lawmakers badly divided.</li></ul>