Children at the South Texas ICE Processing Center in Dilley have surged to 112—up from 96 last month—with the facility’s total population hitting 539. Rep. Joaquin Castro blames recent ICE raids, noting the center’s population had plummeted to just 100 in March. The youngest detainee is just two months old. Castro and fellow lawmakers are intensifying calls to shut down Dilley, citing the cruel reality that kids are forced to represent themselves in court without lawyers—a practice even convicted adults don’t face. He recounts the heartbreaking case of a San Antonio teen separated from her father, only to be told she’d be sent out of state—only for her dad to be detained too when he arrived. Castro also condemns private contractors profiting from child detention, calling it the commodification of childhood imprisonment.
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