ICE Locking up More Parents and Children at for-Profit Detention Center in Texas

The number of children at Dilley prison camp has gone up yet again

The number of children at the South Texas ICE Processing Center an hour southwest of San Antonio has increased over the past month due to a surge in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro. Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, told reporters at a Tuesday press conference held after his […] The post The number of children at Dilley prison camp has gone up yet again appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Democrat compares ICE to 'domestic terrorists' as 111 House Dems demand Texas detention center close

House Democrats led by Joaquin Castro visited the Dilley detention center in Texas, where Rep. Ayanna Pressley called to abolish ICE and end qualified immunity for agents.

ICE locking up more parents and children at for-profit detention center in Texas

An increasing number of parents and children are being held at the nations only immigration detention center specially designed to hold families. It is a reversal of a downward trend in population earlier this year.Democratic members of Congress shared the latest numbers on Tuesday after a brief oversight visit to the privately run Dilley Immigration Processing Center located south of San Antonio, Texas.ICE is holding 539 people now at Dilley, a…

Lawmakers renew push to close Dilley as number of detained children rises

Democratic lawmakers, physicians and advocates renewed calls to release detained families and close the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, citing an increase in the number of children held there from 96 in May to 112.

Doctors warn children at risk as Castro urges more Congress visits to Dilley facility

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Congressman Joaquin Castro is renewing his call tonight to end 'family detentions' at ICE facilities, including the one in Dilley, jus

Virginia Rep Under Fire for Demanding Trump Free Children Held in ICE Detention: 'No Child Should Be Used as Pawns'

President Donald Trump and his administration have no shortage of critics, and the latest among them to face backlash is none other than Virginia state Representative James Walkinshaw. Walkinshaw recently went into the spotlight on social media for demanding that President Trump release all the children being detained by ICE after exposing their supposedly harrowing conditions. For his remarks, Walkinshaw seemingly drew the ire of anti-immigrati…