Report alleges ‘inhumane conditions’ at migrant detention facility for families

A new report by two nonprofits says that conditions at the nation’s largest migrant detention facility operating in South Texas are “inhumane.” The report “A New Era of ICE Family Prisons” by Human Rights First, and Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, Inc. (RAICES) says the thousands of migrant families held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center outside San Antonio endure “inhumane conditions, routine mistreatment, and due process violations.” Over 5,600 people were detained at the Dilley facility from April 2025 through February. The report is based on interviews with 35 families held in the facility during that time, as well as legal services providers. The report also is based on more than 300 legal cases in which RAICES has represented asylum-seekers.