Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump on Friday praised the state of border facilities used to detain migrants, despite government and independent reports indicating that several of the facilities are overcrowded and unsanitary.

"I've seen some of those places and they are run beautifully," Trump said from the White House ahead of his weekend departure to his property in New Jersey. "They're clean. They're good, they do a great job."

He also said "many of them -- not all of them -- they're incredible. Really well run" and praised US Border Patrol for doing "a phenomenal job," even though "they're not trained to be doctors or nurses or janitors."

Trump, on Friday, blamed Democrats for overcrowding in facilities and appeared to suggest that he views US asylum -- meant to assist individuals fearing persecution in their home countries -- as an altogether unfavorable endeavor.

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