Politicians have been visiting migrant facilities in Texas near the Mexican border.
The number of arrivals has reached near-record levels in recent weeks, and many are unaccompanied children.
It is being called a crisis, and Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other.
Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports from McAllen, Texas.
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