An account of temporary holding pen under a bridge in El Paso.

U.S. border authorities hold migrant families in a pen under an El Paso bridge

The United States is holding hundreds of asylum-seeking immigrants for days at a time in an outdoor pen under an El Paso bridge. Some migrants, including young children, have been held there for up to four days and have been forced to sleep on gravel.

Los Angeles Times

This particular holding pen didn’t last long before it was disbanded. Apparently, the optics weren’t good. There is some discussion as well on whether it was strictly necessary or done in part for the optics.

Migrants cleared from enclosure beneath El Paso bridge after outcry

Hundreds of families of asylum-seekers are no longer being detained in an enclosure beneath an El Paso, Texas, bridge, according to The New York Times.Following public outcry, officials have moved …

The Hill