Border Patrol's largest migrant holding area overwhelmed

MCALLEN, Texas - Overwhelmed by an influx of migrant families, the federal government's largest holding facility for people caught crossing the border illegally has run out of space and exhausted its budget.

The Central Processing Center, located in McAllen, Texas, is known to migrants as la perrera, or the kennel. Designed for 1,500 people, it now houses 2,400, according to Border Patrol officials, who gave journalists a rare tour on Wednesday.

Men slept shoulder to shoulder on concrete floors under a sea of mylar blankets. Children wailed as they waited behind chain-link barriers to use portable bathrooms