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#Trump officials to reopen #Texas *#detention center* for #immigrant #families
Four years after the #Biden admin stopped detaining migrant #children, a private #prison contractor says it has reached an agreement with #ICE to reopen the South Texas Family *Residential* Center in #Dilley, TX.
#immigration #law #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #InternationalLaw #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/03/05/dilley-texas-family-detention-center-ice/
#CoreCivic, the corporation that operates the facility, announced that it had reached an agreement w/ #ICE to reopen the South #Texas #Family *Residential* Center in #Dilley, TX, w/room for up to 2,400 people, making it one of the largest #detention centers in ICE’s portfolio.
CoreCivic spox Steve Owen said “it’s our understanding that this will be housing families again. It’s a family residential center.”
The #Biden admin ended #family #detention in 2021. #CoreCivic managed the facility from 2014 through Aug 2024, when the company said #ICE terminated funding for the contract & the facility remained dormant.