U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will resume detaining migrant families, including children, at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, following a new agreement with private prison operator CoreCivic. The decision marks a shift back to the use of family detention, a practice ended during the Biden administration in favor of alternatives such as ankle monitoring.
CoreCivic announced that it had reached an amended agreement with ICE and the City of Dilley to reopen the facility, which has the capacity to hold up to 2,400 individuals. "We are grateful for the trust our government partner has placed in us," said CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger, as reported by Axios. "We are entering a period when our government partners—particularly our federal government partners—are expected to have increased demand."
