Fact-checking whether ‘kids in cages’ border facility is at 700% capacity

After the Trump administration in 2018 began separating children from their parents at the Mexico border and housing the children temporarily in chain-link enclosures, Democrats used "kids in cages," a term the Trump administration rejected, to attack Trump.

Now, amid record-breaking numbers of child migrants crossing the border, critics of President Joe Biden are crying foul.

Stated one post circulating on Facebook:

"Don’t hear y’all complaining about kids in cages now they’re at 700% capacity. Funny. Almost like you don’t care when it’s Biden."

The post was flagged as part of Facebook’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

News organizations including CNN and CBS reported in March that a temporary border processing facility holding migrant children in Donna, Texas, was at 700% or more of capacity. It’s a tent complex, essentially a building with soft walls, where children sleep in see-through plastic pods.