Pressure is mounting on one of the country's most controversial immigration detention sites after more than 215,000 people signed an open letter calling for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, a CoreCivic-run family detention facility that holds migrant parents and children. The growing campaign has drawn support from high-profile names including Janelle Monáe, Jodie Foster, Spike Lee, Joan Baez, Quinta Brunson, and Jessica Alba, turning what began as an advocacy push into a broader national flashpoint over family detention.
The latest surge in signatures was reported by Migrant Insider, which said the letter had crossed the 215,000 mark as artists, physicians, and immigration advocates joined forces to demand that federal officials and CoreCivic release children and shut the facility down. The petition argues that children should not be held in immigration custody and calls for families to be returned to their homes and communities while their cases proceed.
