Public Health in Detention Facilities

On CBS’ 'Face the Nation,' Rep. Tony Gonzales, R‑Texas, defended conditions at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center — the nation’s only family detention facility and now under a DHS measles quarantine — saying it is 'nicer than some elementary schools' even as activists call it unsafe. Gonzales said 5‑year‑old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose arrest there during Operation Metro Surge sparked national outrage, would not qualify for asylum, but insisted immigration laws can be enforced 'in a humane way.' He warned that President Trump’s house‑to‑house deportation approach is becoming a political liability, pointing to recent Democratic over‑performances in deep‑red Texas and Louisiana specials, and argued the administration should focus on arresting noncitizens already in jails rather than street and home raids. As DHS funding faces a Friday deadline, Gonzales endorsed body cameras for ICE and Border Patrol and signaled some openness to other Democratic demands, while rejecting a blanket judicial‑warrant requirement he says would exceed judges’ authority. His comments highlight a growing split inside the GOP over how Trump’s deportation agenda is executed and sold to voters at the same time outbreaks and deaths tied to Operation Metro Surge deepen scrutiny of family detention and interior raids.