WASHINGTON – After touring a controversial migrant facility in Texas on Friday,  a pair of Republican senators told USA TODAY they were stunned by the overcrowded conditions in which children are being held.

Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind.,  said the Customs and Border Protection facility in Donna, Texas, was "completely overwhelmed." 

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., said he was "absolutely stunned" with the conditions he saw Friday morning at the CBP facility. 

“It's breathtaking to be there because every one of those old, plexiglass cells is literally packed,” Lankford said. “The entire floor is covered with kids, and then there'll be sitting around the edge because there's no floor space for them.”

Braun and Lankford were part of a group of more than a dozen Republican senators who visited the Rio Grande Valley as the Biden administration continues to come under fire by both Republicans and Democrats for the influx of migrants at the southern border.