ICE halts "all movement" at Texas detention facility due to measles infections
Source: CBS News
Updated on: February 1, 2026 / 9:33 PM EST / CBS News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement halted "all movement" at a detention center in Texas for families and quarantined some migrants there after medical staff confirmed two detainees had "active measles infections," the Department of Homeland Security said Sunday.
The measles cases at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center were detected Friday, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement to CBS News. The ICE facility houses parents and children taken into federal custody over alleged violations of immigration law. It is located in south Texas, roughly an hour drive from San Antonio.
"ICE Health Services Corps immediately took steps to quarantine and control further spread and infection, ceasing all movement within the facility and quarantining all individuals suspected of making contact with the infected," McLaughlin said. McLaughlin said medical officials were monitoring detainees and taking "appropriate and active steps to prevent further infection." "All detainees are being provided with proper medical care," she added.
Before McLaughlin's statement on Sunday, immigration lawyers had reported concerns about a potential measles outbreak at the Dilley center. Neha Desai, a lawyer for the California-based National Center of Youth Law, which represents children in U.S. immigration custody, said she hopes the measles infections at Dilley are not used to "unnecessarily" prevent lawmakers and attorneys from inspecting the detention center in the near future, citing broader concerns about the facility.
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