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Monday, February 09, 2026

A ProPublica reporter interviewed multiple children and parents being held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas. Despite Trump's promise to only go after violent criminals, the majority of adults spoken to had no criminal record and many had shown up to a scheduled immigration hearing when they and their children were taken by the government. "I have friends, school, and family here in the United States," a 13-year-old told ProPublica. "To this day, I don't know what we did wrong to be detained." He ended with a plea, "I feel like I'll never get out of here. I just ask that you don't forget about us."

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NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.[image or embed]

-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) Feb 9, 2026 at 7:00 AM

5/ "I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals ... going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here ... "

From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days[image or embed]

-- ProPublica (@propublica.org) Feb 9, 2026 at 7:34 AM

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Kevlar blankets, lukewarm juice boxes and a lesson that America isn't for poor immigrant losers.

#1 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-09 08:06 AM | Reply

The cruelty is the point.

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2026-02-09 08:08 AM | Reply

Posting our total disgust about the Trump administration here on this site is preaching to the choir. The real haters are over thare on "X"! The quality of hater we get here seems civilized.

#3 | Posted by danni at 2026-02-09 08:16 AM | Reply

The cruelty is unfathomable.

Support of this is unconscionable.

#4 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-02-09 08:31 AM | Reply

"Kevlar blankets, lukewarm juice boxes and a lesson that America isn't for poor immigrant losers."

Like the 9-year-old who came from Columbia for a 10-day vacay at Disney World?

#5 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-02-09 08:35 AM | Reply

Being a great nation takes work. You don't get to do crap like this and say you're exceptional.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-09 08:58 AM | Reply

"Being a great nation takes work. You don't get to do crap like this and say you're exceptional."

Crap? What crap?

Do you think the residents of Dilley snuck into the US because it wasn't exceptional?

There are 194 other countries on earth they could have gone to.

#7 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-02-09 09:15 AM | Reply

Donald Trump is making the United States into a slum. I guess you can get behind that or oppose it.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-09 09:23 AM | Reply

Did I hurt your feelings? Do you think you're exceptional? You've been made several factors below that in the last year. What will you do about it?

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-09 09:25 AM | Reply

"Donald Trump is making the United States into a slum. I guess you can get behind that or oppose it."

He's definitely making USans poorer. My CoL has gone up by about 15% since this time last year.

But that has nothing to do with illegal immigration or illegal immigrants.

#10 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-02-09 09:34 AM | Reply

"Did I hurt your feelings? Do you think you're exceptional? You've been made several factors below that in the last year. What will you do about it?"

Talk to my employer about getting a cost-of-living adjustment.

#11 | Posted by madbomber at 2026-02-09 09:36 AM | Reply

CoL adjustment?

Trump/MAGA think you should have planned too life better

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-09 09:39 AM | Reply

As to how the current immigration pogrom makes everyone's life harsher, more venal, and cheesier ... . If you don't get that by now you're pretty useless.

#13 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-09 09:44 AM | Reply

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