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A Day in the Life of a 19-Year-Old in ICE Detention: 'I Feel That This Nightmare Is Not Going to End'

April 9, 2026 Dilley, Texas Guardian US
Olivia, a 19-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been detained for months at the sprawling Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas. She has lost 20 pounds since being detained, wakes up every day with a headache, and describes each day in detention as feeling like 48 hours.
Source: Guardian US