Sen. Bob Menendez Robert (Bob) MenendezKasie Hunt to host lead-in show for MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' Senators ask for removal of tariffs on EU food, wine, spirits: report VOA visa decision could hobble Venezuela coverage MORE (D-N.J.) blasted a migrant children's facility on Thursday for depicting a mural of President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE, calling the image "Orwellian propaganda."

Menendez was referring to a Brownsville, Texas, facility that currently holds more than 1,400 migrant boys between the ages of 10 and 17.

“These children were torn from their mothers and shuttled into a de-facto prison, only to be greeted by a triumphant mural of the man who put them there,” Menendez tweeted Thursday. “This Orwellian propaganda is frightening.”

These children were torn from their mothers and shuttled into a de-facto prison, only to be greeted by a triumphant mural of the man who put them there.



This Orwellian propaganda is frightening. pic.twitter.com/1h4yLdSvvd — Senator Bob Menendez (@SenatorMenendez) June 14, 2018

The Democratic senator’s remarks come less than a day after an MSNBC reporter shared a photo of the mural while touring the center.

The mural, located near the facility's entrance, depicts Trump in front of an American flag flying atop the White House with the words "Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war," a quote taken from Trump's co-authored book, "The Art of the Deal." The quote appears in English and Spanish.

The quote, as Quartz pointed out, references evicting tenants in the book's original context.

Trump and his ghostwriter Tony Schwartz wrote about the real estate mogul's attempt to push tenants out of their rent-controlled apartments in 100 Central Park South, a New York City building Trump bought in 1981. Those attempts prompted the city to sue Trump.

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The MSNBC reporter, Jacob Soboroff, was one of several reporters who toured the Brownsville facility on Wednesday. Soboroff later said on “All In With Chris Hayes” that the facility — which is a former Walmart — reminded him of a prison.

“This place is called a 'shelter' but effectively these kids are incarcerated,” Soboroff said.

Licensed professionals with the Office of Refugee Resettlement run the facility.