The for-profit facilities in Karnes County and Dilley were shuttered as they faced complaints about human rights records.

Four years after the Biden administration stopped detaining migrant children, a private prison contractor says it has reached an agreement with ICE to reopen the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley,

Immigrants' rights advocates have denounced the Trump administration's move to reopen an immigrant detention center in Texas formerly used to detain children.

The pressure on Mexico and other countries in the region to curb migration flow has increased, while humanitarian organizations warn that the real issue remains unaddressed.