Dilley Immigration Processing Center

Family Residential Center

a.k.a. South Texas Family Residential Center

Operator

private operator

Contractor

CoreCivic

Location

Dilley, Frio, Texas

Capacity

2400 min; ~867 ADP

Opened

2014 (reopened 2025)

Status

Active

Dilley Immigration Processing Center is a family immigration-detention center in Dilley, Texas, operated by CoreCivic. The ICE List documents it as a concentration camp - a site of civil immigration detention operated by, or under contract to, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Overview

• Designation: Family Residential Center
• Operator: private operator
• Contractor: CoreCivic
• Location: Dilley, Frio, Texas
• Capacity: 2400 min; ~867 ADP
• Opened: 2014 (reopened 2025)
• Status: Active

Documented conditions and incidents

Family detention; reopened March 2025 under 5-yr, ~$180M/yr CoreCivic contract (facility owned by Target Hospitality); ProPublica investigation Feb 2026 documented child mistreatment; 5-yo US citizen Liam Conejo Ramos held Jan 2026.

Sources

• en.wikipedia.org
• corecivic.com