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It costs taxpayers $15 million a month to detain immigrant families at Dilley

ICE pays $13.1 million monthly to operate the site near San Antonio plus another $2.5 million for medical care — all to detain a current daily average of 222 people.

The Dilley Immigration Processing Center near San Antonio costs taxpayers roughly $15 million a month to operate, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pays $13.1 million monthly to run the facility — plus another $2.5 million for medical care — for the only U.S. detention center for migrant children […]

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