Bugs in food and sickness haunt immigrants held in Texas
Yahoo • • health
Key Points:
- The Dilley Immigration Processing Center in rural Texas has become a symbol of President Trump's expanded immigration crackdown, with detainees—including some legal asylum seekers—facing disease outbreaks and harsh conditions.
- Texas health authorities reported two measles cases at the facility, leading ICE to quarantine detainees amid complaints of poor food quality, 24-hour lighting, and medical neglect.
- Legal advocates say many families are detained despite having ongoing asylum claims, suggesting detention is used to pressure them into abandoning their cases.
- The center houses families like that of Mohamed Sabry Soliman, whose relatives have been detained for months without charges, and children facing inadequate medical care for serious conditions.
- CoreCivic, the private company managing the facility,
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