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Japanese internment camp survivors demand closure of Dilley, TX family detention center
Japanese internment camp survivors demand closure of Dilley, TX family detention center
Keiko Kubo, Joe Okimoto, and Rev. Dr. Kenji Akahoshi join other Japanese American survivors, detention survivors, and faith leaders calling for the end of family and child detention on June 27, 2026 in Dilley, Texas. (Brenda Bazán/Texas Tribune)
DILLEY, Texas (RNS and Texas Tribune) — Completing a pilgrimage from the Texas site of a World War II internment camp, interfaith activists said history is repeating itself at the nation's only family detention facility.