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'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention

13 February 2026 at 13:18
A Russian family sought asylum in the United States. In the Dilley ICE detention center in Texas, they say their children endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medication.

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Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

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Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

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Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

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Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.
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'Even in Russia, they don't treat children like this': A family's nightmare in ICE detention

13 February 2026 at 13:18
A Russian family sought asylum in the United States. In the Dilley ICE detention center in Texas, they say their children endured worms in the food and hourslong waits for medication.

© Courtesy of family

Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

© Eric Gay

Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

© Brenda Bazán

Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

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Nikita and Oksana take a selfie with their children at Red Square in Moscow before fleeing Russia in 2024.

Hospitalized toddler was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says

7 February 2026 at 14:59
A federal lawsuit says an 18-month-old baby became critically ill in a South Texas immigration detention center, was hospitalized with respiratory failure, then sent back to detention without needed medication.

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Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

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Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

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Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

Toddler with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without medication, lawsuit says

7 February 2026 at 14:59
A federal lawsuit says an 18-month-old baby became critically ill in a South Texas immigration detention center, was hospitalized with respiratory failure, then sent back to detention without needed medication.

© via Elora Mukherjee

Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

© via Elora Mukherjee

Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

© Brenda Bazán

Kheilin Valero Marcano and Stiven Arrieta Prieto with their daughter Amalia.

Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school

6 February 2026 at 12:59
Families and lawyers describe the Dilley, Texas, immigration center as a place where kids are served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.

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Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Eric Gay

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

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Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Kelly Vargas

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Kelly Vargas

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school

6 February 2026 at 12:59
Families and lawyers describe the Dilley, Texas, immigration center as a place where kids are served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.

© Courtesy Columbia Heights Public Schools

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Brenda Bazán

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Eric Gay

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Luisa Gonzalez

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© via Eric Lee, Lee & Goshall-Bennett, LLP

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Kelly Vargas

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

© Kelly Vargas

Yerson Vargas and his wife, Kelly, say their their 6-year-old daughter, Maria, languished at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
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