An immigration detention center in rural Texas is growing “more secretive” under new leadership at the Department of Homeland Security, while young children and families inside continue to face “cruelty” and a lack of adequate medical treatment, according to Democratic members of Congress.
Lawmakers’ recent visit to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Dilley Immigration Processing Center follows growing scrutiny into the sprawling, fenced-in facility run by private prison firm CoreCivic, roughly 70 miles south of San Antonio.
