Feds Are Opening More Detention Centers in Texas as Trump Administration Steps Up Deportations
The Trump administration has officially revived the detention of immigrant families by reopening and preparing two major South Texas facilities in Karnes and Dilley to hold thousands of undocumented parents and children. While proponents argue this "family detention" policy serves as a necessary deterrent for illegal immigration, critics and human rights advocates label the practice inhumane, citing potential psychological trauma and past allegations of due process violations. The advocacy group RAICES has been actively monitoring these developments, with its lawyers identifying over a dozen families already held at the Karnes facility. Their findings reveal that the mass deportations effort is now targeting the interior of the country, sweeping up families who have lived in the U.S. for years alongside recent border crossers.
