Photos of migrant detention highlight Biden’s border secrecy

Detainees in a Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas (Photo courtesy of the Office of Rep. Henry Cuellar via AP)

President Joe Biden’s administration has defended its approach after images emerged of immigrant children in US custody at the country’s Mexico border sleeping on mats under foil blankets and separated in groups by plastic partitions.

The administration has steadfastly refused to call the detention of more than 15,000 children in US custody, or the conditions they are living under, a crisis.