The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted

The Number of Families Being Held at Dilley Detention Center Has Plummeted

This week, the average daily population at Dilley dropped to 100 people, compared with over 900 in January. The shift follows weeks of mounting public pressure generated in part by the widespread publication of letters written by detained children.

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The number of parents and children booked into the country’s only immigrant family detention center, in Dilley, Texas, plummeted in February by more than 75% compared with a month earlier, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained by ProPublica. Between April 2025, when President Donald Trump started sending families there, and January of this year, the  number of people sent into detention with their families averaged aroun…