r/dilleydetentioncenter

Over the last 24 hours, we’ve learned via local activists and independent journalist Nick Valencia that approximately 20 detainees being held at the notorious Adelanto ICE Processing Center are on a hunger strike. In their press release, they reported already being in poor health and underfed due to staff neglect, and are demanding due process, bond reform, improved conditions, adequate medical and mental health care, decent food, accountability for deaths at the facility and the right to organize and communicate.

At least four people - Ismael Ayala-Uribe, Gabriel Garcia-Aviles, Alberto Gutierrez Reyes and Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano - have died while being held at this GEO Group-run detention camp in San Bernadino County, California since September, with multiple accusations of staff denying folks necessary medical care. Detainees have reported physical and sexual abuse, said they’ve been refused a change of clothes, underwear or towels, and advocates have reported inadequate access to clean food and water and other unsafe and unsanitary conditions. It’s been the subject of multiple federal investigations and civil rights lawsuits, and the California Attorney General’s office has found staffing has failed to keep up with the growing number of detainees.

Families of migrants held at Adelanto and advocates are holding a virtual press conference tomorrow, May 20th, at 10AM ET/7AM PT. We’re being asked to help get more coverage of this hunger strike and detainees’ demand for the center to be shut down. Let’s do our part! We can reach out to local outlets to urge them to cover this protest, such as:

·       Los Angeles Times here or at tips@latimes.com

·       CalMatters at 916-502-9986 or tips@calmatters.org

·       KCAL (CBS affiliate) here, at kcalkcbsdesk@cbs.com or at 818-221-2222

·       KNBC (NBC affiliate) here

·       KMEX (Univision affiliate) here

·       KABC (ABC affiliate) here or at 877-777-6397

·       KVEA (local Telemundo affiliate) here

They're being held at ICE’s Dilley Family Detention Center in Texas. GoFundMe (donations are currently paused, as of May 10): gofundme.com/f/alamo-heights-bring-our-wrongfully-detained-neighbors-home

Here are two petitions:

* DHS and CoreCivic: change.org/p/close-dilley-ice-detention-center-protect-children

* US House and Senate: actionnetwork.org/letters/mom-say-shut-down-dilley-close-the-camps-and-bring-our-kids-home

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Video is from May 6, 2026 - Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.

Here’s the clip on Rep. Joaquin Castro’s YouTube channel: #shutdowndilley #freeourchildren - MS NOW clip shared by Rep. Joaquin Castro (YouTube)

Here’s the full 4-minute segment on:

* MS NOW’s website: Detained family, taken from school bus stop, exposes the harsh reality of Trump’s immigration policy - Jacob Soboroff - May 6, 2026 (MS NOW website)

* YouTube: Detained family, taken from school bus stop, exposes the harsh reality of Trump's immigration policy - Jacob Soboroff on MS NOW - May 6, 2026 (YouTube)

Here’s another r/EyesOnIce post with another clip from this same MS NOW segment: The Family came to the US, applied for asylum, got work permits, and had valid legal status. And still, they were detained.

And here are the latest r/EyesOnIce posts with: Jacob Soboroff ~:~ Joaquin Castro ~:~ Detention ~:~ Dilley ~:~ Stephen Miller

Right now, the Trump administration is leaning hard on sheriffs across the country to become force multipliers for ICE – renting out jail beds to hold detained immigrants, following 48-hour “detainer” requests that have no basis in civil law, and signing 287(g) agreements that turn local deputies into de facto immigration agents. Most sheriffs are going along with it. But they don’t have to.

Many sheriffs are elected officials, and as such they respond to constituent pressure just like other elected officials – except with fewer constituents, it takes fewer of us to have influence.

Folks at the Workers Circle are encouraging us to build up the pressure on our sheriffs not to cooperate with ICE. They’re holding a call at 7PM ET TONIGHT to talk about how best to successfully move these folks, with updates from community leaders who’ve succeeded in doing so and a new organizer toolkit – including strategies for escalation with unresponsive electeds - we can check out here. Let’s sign up to join them!