Proyecto Dilley

Proyecto Dilley provides pro bono legal services to asylum-seeking families detained in the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.

[National Bail Fund Network @bailfundnetwork]

Why #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages is calling to #ShutDownDilley: The Dilley Family Detention Center in TX has a record rife with abuse, including reports of foul water & medical neglect. Children are consistently released w/ health issues dubbed by hospitals,“Dilley-ish.”

[Witness At The Border @WitnessBorder]

“Every single day that Title 42 continues to exist is a day that our government is doing something disgraceful and inhumane, and it should end.”--@SFluharty @ProyectoDilley. @ACLU is expected to decide by Tuesday whether to press a judge to halt Title 42 expulsions. @leegelernt

[Joshua Leach @JoshuaFLeach]

the administration doesn't get to evade responsibility for huge numbers of unaccompanied kids stuck too long in CBP - they could significantly ameliorate this now if they stopped #Title42 and allowed families to pursue asylum cases 1. together; 2. in freedom; 3. on U.S. soil

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

“The changes at the Karnes and Dilley family prisons are, at best, reversible operational changes that reduce the harm of long-term detention, and at worst, a temporary move to quell concern about this controversial immigration policy,” said @meza_andrea_ @RAICESTEXAS

[Proyecto Dilley @ProyectoDilley]

A law professor at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, called the new 72-hour policy a “positive” sign, but cautioned that any detentions of children raised concerns because of research showing that children in such conditions suffered long-term damage.

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[Detention Watch Network (DWN) @DetentionWatch]

Family detention, like all imm detention, is on the wrong side of history.

Last week it was reported that ICE will rebrand the Dilley Family Detention Center in TX as a “reception center.” Let's be clear: it’s detention if people are in ICE custody.

Biden must #ShutDownDilley!

[Detention Watch Network (DWN) @DetentionWatch]

The South Texas Family Residential Center (Dilley) and the Karnes County Family Residential Center in TX share a history of negligence & abuse, including physical and sexual abuse and inadequate medical and mental health care. This is a pattern seen throughout ICE detention. 2/4

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

The detention of a child or family (or anyone really) in secure detention for any period of time is never an acceptable alternative. The detention of children - for even short periods of time - is catastrophic - and never in their best interests.

[Human Rights First @humanrights1st]

To be clear.

#WelcomeWithDignity #RefugeesWelcome

[Aldea - The People's Justice Center @aldea_pjc]

#FreeThemAll

The families who refused to separate and were then subjected to indefinite detention, are now free.

A two year legal battle (still ongoing) @aldea_pjc @ProyectoDilley @GTLawCares

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[Amy Maldonado 🗽 @AmyMaldonadoLaw]

Our brave clients took on Trump and won. @aldea_pjc @ProyectoDilley freeing detained families together with @GTLawCares! Thank you, @POTUS and @alimayorkas. Detained for months, now released. What’s next for migrant families seeking asylum? https://t.co/6wAUAdplgQ via @nbcnews

[NBC Latino @NBCLatino]

WATCH: An undocumented migrant describes not having access to water or clean bathrooms at the South Texas Family Residential Center, one of the nation’s largest immigration detention centers, during last week's storms. - @NBCNewsNow https://t.co/CGWULerHIc

[Aldea - The People's Justice Center @aldea_pjc]

Berks is now empty. But the vision of a fair and humane immigration system requires the permanent closure of Dilley, Karnes and Berks and to #endfamilydetention.

Read our official statement

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

<3 @ProyectoDilley

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[Anastasiya Bolton @aboltonreports]

“There were feces and urine overflowing in the toilets.” Are just some things immigration attorneys heard from clients at one ICE facility in TX during the winter storm. Facility holds women & children. https://t.co/vPjofZdjco @KENS5 @JoseBorderTeam @ProyectoDilley @RAICESTEXAS

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

Dilley and Karnes have for six years harmed families & failed to provide appropriate safeguards for children. We are grateful for the relentless work of @ProyectoDilley and @RAICESTEXAS who have protected families & will continue to hold ICE accountable.

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[Detention Watch Network (DWN) @DetentionWatch]

Facility #3: Dilley Family Detention Center in Dilley, TX

In the last two years, one child tragically died after leaving the facility and a guard was accused of physically assaulting a 5-year-old. #CommunitiesNotCages #FirstTen 8/15

[Bridget Cambria @BridgetCambria8]

This week is a good week to end the detention of immigrant families.

#FreeThemAll

#KeepFamiliesTogether

[Proyecto Dilley @ProyectoDilley]

But this week, they got to spend some time relaxing with each other while weathering out the (literal) storm; and today, they have all reunited with their families in the U.S. We are so happy for them and so honored to have been able to work with and fight alongside them.

[Proyecto Dilley @ProyectoDilley]

Some exciting news: our five longest-detained families are finally home with their sponsors!! They were released last Sunday and spent last week stranded in San Antonio waiting for their trips to be rescheduled. Huge thanks to the Interfaith Welcome Coalition for housing them!

[Proyecto Dilley @ProyectoDilley]

The fight is far from over-- for these families, for their friends who were deported, even for their friends who have NTAs; and surely for all of the children and parents who will have to spend a lifetime working through the trauma they were subjected to by the US government.