Congressman Joaquin Castro calls for release of boy, Kaleth, and mother from much-criticized Dilley detention facility

Congressman Joaquin Castro calls for release of boy, Kaleth, and mother from much-criticized detention Dilley facility

A two-year-old detained in a family detention center in Dilley, Texas, is sick and not getting adequate help, said Joaquin Castro, a Democratic congressman from San Antonio. The boy, Kaleth, has a fever and is not eating the food served at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, which Castro said detainees have complained of having mold and worms.

“When his mother asked for help, the staff said it was all ‘mental’,” Castro wrote in a post on X. “A vulnerable child at the Dilley trailer prison was suffering and ICE denied their reality and their needs. It’s shameful and must stop.”

Dilley has been criticized for not providing adequate care and food for families. In February, the detention center reported two measles cases. It’s the same facility where five-year-old asylum seeker Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were kept for a week after being detained in Minneapolis.

  • Eternal192@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    6 found this helpful·
    12 days ago

    You don’t have to suspect that, why do you think officials aren’t allowed in without announcing themselves a week or two before arriving even though a judge already decreed that’s illegal and if someone isn’t there they just say that person has already been deported, so you have to wonder how many get out of there alive.