Tag: children
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ProPublica wrote this article “The Children of Dilley” about the children being held at the Dilley Detention Center near San Antonio, Texas. Austin Kocher gives more details about Dilley Family Detention Center here which, as of late January 2026, holds over 1300 people (of all ages).
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“So far this year, 3,800 children have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Enforcement officers, said Krystal Gomez, managing attorney with the nonprofit Texas Immigration Law Council.” This from an article in Border Report on Jan 21, 2026. Assume this means since the beginning of the government’s fiscal year, October 1, 2025, through some time in…
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Since 1997, the Flores Agreement established a 20-day limit on the time a minor can be held in detention. A recent report from ICE indicated at over 400 children were detained for more than this 20-day limit. Read the article here.
Immigration Insight 