A Democratic representative, after visiting a temporary detention facility for separated migrant kids this weekend, said the Tornillo, Texas, center was part of a "morally bankrupt system."

Rep. Joaquin Castro Joaquin CastroFlorida Democrat asks FBI to investigate anti-Semitic, racist disinformation Hispanic Caucus members embark on 'virtual bus tour' with Biden campaign Hispanic caucus report takes stock of accomplishments with eye toward 2021 MORE (D-Texas) was one of a number of Democratic and Republican lawmakers visiting the so-called tent city, Bloomberg reported.

Castro called the living conditions at the facility acceptable, but said: “This whole thing is part of a morally bankrupt system."

Another lawmaker, Rep. Beto O'Rourke Beto O'RourkeJimmy Carter says his son smoked pot with Willie Nelson on White House roof O'Rourke endorses Kennedy for Senate: 'A champion for the values we're most proud of' 2020 Democrats do convention Zoom call MORE (D-Texas), said kids at the facility are unaware of when they'll get to see their parents.

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“Kids who are here do not know when they’re going to be able to see their parents. That in itself is inhumane. As I’ve said, you could be in a four-star hotel. That’s inhumane,” O'Rourke said.

The lawmakers told Bloomberg that the tents house as many as 20 minors each, and said facility workers appear to be doing their best to work with the detained kids.

“Our trip out here probably raised more questions than it answered,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Brian K. FitzpatrickFlorida Democrat introduces bill to recognize Puerto Rico statehood referendum DCCC reserves new ad buys in competitive districts, adds new members to 'Red to Blue' program 2020 Global Tiger Day comes with good news, but Congress still has work to do MORE (R-Pa.) told Bloomberg. “We need to get everybody in one room. There are several links in this chain.”

Democrats and Republicans unleashed a wave of criticism at the Trump administration after it was revealed that thousands of children had been forcibly separated from their parents at the border and detained in separate detention facilities, many behind chain fences.

The president, bowing to bipartisan pressure, backed down from his policy on Wednesday and signed an executive order halting family separations.

The order, which does not address the futures of migrant families that have already been separated, says that most families are to be detained together while adults await court proceedings.