"Immigrant woman and children walk across a field at the South Texas Family Residential Center on August 23, 2019, in Dilley, Texas. Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images Two detainees at the nation's only current immigrant family detention center, 70 miles south of San Antonio, have "active measles infections," federal and state officials said. Federal officials halted "all movement" and quarantined some migrants, said Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, in a statement."
"More than 1,400 people, including infants as young as two months, have been detained at the facility in Dilley as the Trump administration in recent months has ramped up arrests of families in the interior of the country. Despite a federal settlement that governs the rights of children in detention and generally holds that they can not be imprisoned for longer than 20 days when accompanied by their parents,"
Two detainees at the South Texas Family Residential Center tested positive for active measles infections, prompting quarantine and a halt to movement at the Dilley facility. The cases were first confirmed Saturday, raising concerns about potential spread among detained families and prompting medical and advocacy scrutiny. The facility has held more than 1,400 people, including infants as young as two months, amid increased interior arrests by federal agents. A federal settlement generally limits child detention to 20 days, yet many families have been held for months; advocates report unsafe conditions and overcrowding that could worsen transmission.
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