"An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the facility - many of them children - chanting "Libertad" and "Let us go," according to an attorney who witnessed the event. The protest took place at South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, which closed in 2024 but was reopened by the Trump administration this year to detain immigrant families."
"Michigan-based immigration attorney Eric Lee, who was among those forced to leave, said he could hear shouting that sounded "high-pitched" and "urgent," indicating that he believed there were "hundreds of children" taking part in the uprising. Lee later said his clients told him the protest began in response to the treatment of Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old from Minnesota who was abducted, along with his father, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week."
An uprising occurred at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley involving about 1,000 detained immigrants, many of them children, who chanted "Libertad" and "Let us go." Facility staff ordered immigration attorneys to leave after reporting "an incident." Attorney Eric Lee described hearing "high-pitched" and "urgent" shouting and said his clients linked the protest to the treatment of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was taken with his father and transferred over 1,300 miles from Minnesota. The facility was closed in 2024 and reopened this year to detain immigrant families. Reports describe "horrible" conditions and "putrid" drinking water.
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