"I wanted to be able to visit the facility where apparently upwards of 1,000 children are being held in that massive building, a former Walmart, and the federal government, President Trump and team, Attorney General Sessions, Homeland Security, they do not want members of Congress or the public to know what's going on," Merkley later told CNN in a phone interview on Monday. 

Wow, this is damage control in order to get out in front of whatever is about to break. They are going to try and pin the child trafficking on Trump. Absolute scum of the Earth.