Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib describe their haunting visits to a migrant detention center

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and several other House Democrats last week visited border detention facilities in Clint and El Paso, Texas amid reports of migrant children and adults being kept in decrepit conditions under Customs and Border Patrol custody. And while their stories of people drinking from toilets made headlines as the visit was still happening, some of the members brought their experiences to light again Friday as they testified for the House Oversight Committee.

Ocasio-Cortez went first, describing how "children were being separated from their parents" and "women were being called" derogatory names all "under American flags" that hung around the facilities.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.