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PBS News Hour - Segments

Detainees held at Texas ICE facility protest living conditions and treatment

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Two Democratic members of Congress visited the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained, along with many other children and families. Over the weekend, hundreds inside the facility protested their conditions and treatment in a display of defiance. Amna Nawaz spoke with immigration attorney Eric Lee, who was at the center that day. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Two Democratic members of Congress visited the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas today,

0:06.0

where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained along with many other children and families.

0:11.0

Congressman Joaquin Castro posted this image of his meeting with Liam and his father

0:16.0

and shared this update on his condition.

0:19.0

His father said that Liam has been very depressed since he's been at Dilley,

0:24.6

that he hasn't been eating well.

0:27.6

I was concerned with, you see how he appears in that photo, with his energy, he seemed lethargic.

0:36.6

Over the weekend, hundreds of detainees inside the facility protest with his energy, he seemed lethargic.

0:37.8

Over the weekend, hundreds of detainees inside the facility protested their conditions

0:42.7

and treatment in this remarkable display of defiance.

0:47.2

Immigration attorney Eric Lee was at the center that day, and I spoke with him earlier.

0:52.5

Eric Lee, welcome to the NewsHour.

0:53.9

Thank you for joining us.

0:55.3

Thanks for having me. Hi.

0:56.5

So I want to ask you about that day and those protests that you witnessed in a moment,

1:00.6

but I want to start with the news today because you shared earlier that ICE put the entire

1:05.1

Dilley facility on lockdown today.

1:08.1

What does that mean when that kind of a place goes on lockdown?

1:10.5

And what do you know

1:11.1

about why that went into place? Well, it's because of the demonstration that took place today in Dilley.

1:17.8

We also know that last night, guards burst into one of the women's dormitories, ordered everybody

1:24.5

out of the room, stopped people who were in the middle of prayers, and rummaged

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