Inside the Dilley Detention Facility Where 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo-Ramos is Being Held
The MPR News report provides a harrowing look inside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, where five-year-old Liam Conejo-Ramos and his father were held after a controversial ICE detention in Minnesota. The article details the abysmal conditions within the facility—including reports of contaminated water, substandard food, and the psychological trauma inflicted on young children—while highlighting a rare detainee protest sparked by Liam’s case. RAICES (Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services) played a critical role in this crisis, with staff attorney Sam Doiron providing direct legal advocacy and eyewitness testimony regarding the facility's lack of transparency, the weaponization of detention against asylum-seekers, and the urgent need for humanitarian release for the families held within the CoreCivic-operated center.
