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Rep. Joaquin Castro visits Dilley ICE family detention center

Conditions at ICE Detention Center for Families 'Should Be National Scandal,' Says Congressman

March 3, 2026 Dilley, Texas TIME
Representative Joaquin Castro drove to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley at 4:30 a.m. to inspect conditions, describing what he found as a "national scandal." The facility — the nation's only operating family detention center — holds families with children in conditions that Castro says are unfit for human habitation, with inadequate medical care and restricted access to legal counsel.
Source: TIME