Women’s Refugee Commission Responds to DHS Announcement to Move Families Out of Artesia into the New Family Detention Facility in Dilley, TX
The expansion of family detention is unequivocally inhumane and inappropriate for the health and well-being of this already extremely vulnerable population. Instead of wasting taxpayer dollars on building more facilities like Dilley to lock up children and their parents, the Department of Homeland Security should be utilizing the safe and effective alternatives to detention they have at their disposal.
