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DHS locks down detention center hit by measles outbreak
DHS halted all movement at the Dilley ICE family detention center to prevent measles spread after two detainees tested positive and quarantined individuals are receiving care.
- Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Friday the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas halted all movement after detecting two active measles infections.
- Public-health experts note lower measles vaccination levels have caused rising outbreaks, increasing risk in crowded detention centers like the Dilley facility housing parents and children.
- Among those affected was five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias, who were held at the Dilley facility and released Sunday; Liam reportedly had fever, vomiting, and poor eating while detained.
- DHS said some detainees have been quarantined and everyone is being provided with proper medical care, reflecting immediate public-health actions amid concerns for families housed in detention.
- The case has drawn national attention because of the viral photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, while advocates warn that declining measles vaccination trends will increase outbreaks in crowded ICE detention centers.
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2025 was the deadliest in at least two decades for persons detained by ICE, with more than 30 deaths in detention centres.
The U.S. government ordered the confinement of a detention center for migrant families in Texas, where a measles outbreak threatens to overwhelm local health authorities. U.S. entry confines detention center for migrant families in Texas for measles outbreak was first published in Digital Process.
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