Only 100 people are currently detained in the federal government’s controversy-plagued family detention center at Dilley, nonprofit news outlet ProPublica reports. That compares to an average daily population of more than 900 in January. The Current first reported on a sharp drop in the immigrant prison camp’s population on March 10, when U.S. Rep. Joaquin […]
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Population of controversial Dilley prison camp near San Antonio drops to just 100
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says public pressure is forcing federal authorities to reduce the number of people held at the nation’s only migrant detention center for families.
