US EditionImmigrant Families Protest at Texas Facility Housing 5-Year-Old Boy, Father
Dozens of families protested unsafe conditions and prolonged detention at the South Texas Family Residential Center, where about 1,500 detainees participated, advocates said.
- On Saturday, a protest broke out at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, about 70 miles south of San Antonio, as immigrant detainees including children poured into dormitories chanting `Libertad` while dozens of immigrant families protested behind fences.
- The detention of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias earlier this week in Minnesota sparked protests, with families citing long-standing abuses like "putrid" water and food with worms.
- Immigration attorney Eric Lee, who witnessed the event, said guards ordered everyone out of the waiting room during his visit with a family of six including five children, and he later heard hundreds of children shouting as detainees protested.
- Amid growing national scrutiny, the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately comment Saturday, ICE had not responded by evening, and federal officials disputed family and neighbors alleging baiting.
- Built in 2014, the South Texas Family Residential Center is the only U.S. family detention center, and its 2024 reopening under President Donald Trump has exposed hundreds of families to prolonged custody and substandard care, raising Flores Settlement Agreement concerns.
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Ten families of immigrants protested Saturday behind the walls of the Texas detention center where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy was born this week, after...
Immigrants protest at Texas detention center
Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, from Ecuador and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, were sent this past week after being detained in Minnesota.
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Independent EspañolBy Valerie Gonzalez - Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a detention center in Texas, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota. Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed children and parents at the South Texas Family Residential Center wearing jackets and sweaters, some holding signs that read “Freedom for the children.” Families outside coul…
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, f
Dozens of immigrant families protested Saturday behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota. Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed children and parents at the South Texas Family Residential Center clad in jackets and sweaters, some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.” Familie…
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