Last week, Immigration officials became overwhelmed by the influx of unaccompanied minors crossing the border in the Rio Valley area of Texas. 

Thousands of migrant children fled from dangerous and extremely violent conditions in Central America to find a better way of life in the U.S. They were transported from Texas to Nogales, Arizona, and detained in a makeshift holding center that is actually a warehouse. Plastic cots, portable toilets and showers were provided but with the increasing number of undocumented kids being detained, resources are dwindling.  

"Children at the facility are sleeping in plastic containers, haven't showered up to ten days and include pregnant teens and a 1-year-old suffering from diaherra," Tony Banegas, Honduras Council for the U.S. in Arizona told USA Today.  

The warehouse turned makeshift shelter can only hold 1500 people. Officials expect the amount of youth to reach more than 1400. Most of the migrant children are from Honduras, which has the highest murder rate in the world. Nineteen murders occur every single day, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Officials did not specify how long the children will stay in Arizona but under federal law, immigrant children are suppose to be transferred to a refugee resettlement camp within 72 hours where officials locate housing options while their deportation cases proceed. 

Undocumented children will receive legal representation during removal proceedings, however, they do not qualify for temporary legal presence under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).  

Number of Unaccompanied children doubles 

The number of unaccompanied children trying to cross the border doubled in less than a year, according to the Pew Research Center. More than 47,000 immigrant children under 18 traveling alone were taken into custody. Last year, 24,493 were apprehended. One unofficial government report estimates the surge of undocumented kids to reach 90,000 before the end of 2014. 

"Not so safe" havens

According to an investigation by the Houston Chronicle, about 100 undocumented children reported abuse by staff members in the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). 

Unaccompanied minors are sometimes placed in resettlement camps that are meant to be safe shelters or "havens" where children are cared for.  In a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Chronicle, 101 incident reports were released ranging from March 2011 to March 2013, included abuse allegations by staff members. Records showed teenagers and children reported sexual contact from unwanted kissing to intercourse with staff members from Texas, Florida, New York and Illinois. In addition, no shelter worker has been prosecuted under a 2008 federal provision that makes sexual contact with a minor a felony. 

"This is a recipe for abuse and neglect of kids," Linda Brandmiller, a San Antonio immigration attorney told Chronicle. "This would not happen in any other system, with any other kind of victim. 

Undocumented children detained in adult facilities

According to a report, more than 30,000 migrant children apprehended by Border Patrol were being placed in detention facilities with adults between 2011 and 2012. Most of the children were 17-years-old at the time of detention, however, 35 were under 15, according to a report by Homeland Security.

"The immigration detention enforcement system is broken," Mary Meg McCarthy, executive director of National Immigrant Justice Center told Mother Jones. "If there are 1,300 kids over a period of four years in adult detention facilities, there's a real problem. As a county, we shouldn't be detaining these kids, period."