INSIDE THE DILLEY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE 5-YEAR-OLD LIAM CONEJO-RAMOS IS BEING HELD

NINA MOINI: Do you have a sense for what is supposed to happen, what the process should be like inside of a family detention center? How often do the children see their parents? Are they with them the majority of the day?

SAM DOIRON: In Dilley, the mothers and fathers are held separately, but during the day they can co-mingle and they can spend time with their families. And the children are with one of the two parents or with the parent that they're with, and that's where they sleep with the parent and everything. So as far as family units, they are held together unless there are two parents, and then one of those parents will be held in a separate section of the facility …

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