The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to build and run a 5,000-bed tent camp at the Army base in El Paso.

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to build and run a 5,000-bed tent camp at the Army base in El Paso.

The nation's system of immigration detention centers is under strain, as arrests of undocumented immigrants have risen in recent months. The White House touted its arrest record in a statement July 22: "Across the country,

Immigrants have complained about unsanitary conditions in the facility at 26 Federal Plaza, including paltry meals and a lack of showers.

The New York Immigration Coalition shared that video widely in a press release on Tuesday. Assemblywoman Cruz told ABC News the man who shared the video, a constituent of hers, was recently detained at an immigration hearing in New York City and was being held at the facility on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan's Foley Square.

A Venezuelan asylum seeker who entered the U.S. as a child has been sent back to his home country after being deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison earlier this year.

The migrants, some of whom characterized the prison as "hell," were freed Friday in a prisoner swap between the U.S. and Venezuelan governments, but the latter sequestered them upon arrival to their country.

Tears of joy and relief flowed freely Tuesday as Venezuelan Maikel Olivera returned home to his mother's embrace after four months of "hell" in a Salvadoran prison.Family and friends waited impatiently for Olivera to be released by Venezuelan officials after days of medical tests and questioning,