Overview
- Reporters reviewing 911 call logs and audio found nearly a dozen emergency responses over six months for children with high fevers, seizures, broken bones, respiratory distress and dangerously low oxygen levels.
- In at least three incidents, children were transported more than an hour to pediatric specialists in San Antonio for complex or life‑threatening conditions.
- ICE confirmed at least two measles cases inside the facility last month after attorneys warned of an outbreak among detained families.
- A lawsuit says 18‑month‑old Amalia was hospitalized for 10 days with severe respiratory illness after detention, her parents were released hours after the filing, and her medication was allegedly withheld upon return to the center.
- CoreCivic says no child has been denied or delayed treatment and ICE asserts detainees receive some of the best care of their lives, as the reopened family facility holds part of a population that advocacy groups say now exceeds 60,000 in ICE custody.