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The detailed document is a plea for the immediate release of children being held in immigration detention facilities across the United States.

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

The federal government planned to hold 9,500 people in Hutchins, as part of its plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses around the country.

Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

A special corps of health care workers have been called in to work with detained immigrants and many feel deeply conflicted about the assignment, saying they're not able to provide good care.

A former child detainee at the Tornillo migrant detention tent camp tells his story in the book Detained: A Boy's Journey of Survival and Resilience.

State lawmakers didn’t seem swayed by top officials with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, who said on Monday that reports of rampant abuse within the agency’s facilities aren’t reflective of the department’s current climate.

A record number of minors are being held in warehouse-style facilities as the Biden administration struggles to address a cyclical surge of unaccompanied children and teens crossing into the U.S.

The City of Laredo put two privately operated detention centers under quarantine in July. Detention facilities have become coronavirus hotspots across the…

This post has been updated. It was originally published on Sunday, July 5, at 2:55 p.m.A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that Immigration and Customs…