Measles Overtakes ICE Detention Center
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Doctors at UT Health San Antonio are pressing for coordinated action to prevent the outbreak from spreading beyond an immigrant detention center in Dilley.
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News rundown: ICE detention, measles cases, and political upsets capped a busy Texas weekend
Several major Texas news stories unfolded over the weekend, drawing national attention and sparking political and public health discussions across the state. A federal judge ordered the release of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos after his detention prompted national outrage and public scrutiny.
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says a 5-year-old boy released from the Dilley family detention center is recovering as confirmed measles cases there prompted a quarantine and renewed scrutiny of conditions inside the facility.
According to The Texas Tribune, two measles cases were “first confirmed” on Saturday at the country’s only immigrant family detention center, 70 miles southwest of San Antonio.