The South Texas Family Residential Center (‘Dilley”) in Dilley, Texas, is the only migrant family detention facility in the United States, and it is emblematic of the cruelty of the US migration detention system. Families detained there have reported prolonged incarceration without due process, denial of medical care, and inadequate access to clean drinking water. Infants and children have experienced alarming weight loss, families are frequently separated while detained, and children are denied opportunities for joy and play. Dilley should be shut down immediately, and US authorities must end the detention of migrant children and families once and for all.
