Celebrities demand ICE send illegal immigrants back ... to your neighborhood



Not in their backyard.

Gated-community-dwelling celebs like Ben Stiller, Edward Norton, and Madonna are among those demanding that the Department of Homeland Security close a Texas ICE facility — and send its illegal immigrant detainees back into American neighborhoods.

The Change.org petition, which has reached over 200,000 signatures, targets the Dilley ICE detention center in Dilley, Texas, which was opened in 2014 by President Barack Obama.

'Children belong in schools and on playgrounds, not in detention centers.'

The facility was then closed by President Joe Biden in 2024, before being reopened by President Donald Trump in 2025.

Lock shock

Now, some of the country's most prominent liberal celebrities are accusing ICE of child imprisonment.

"No child should be locked in an immigration detention center," the petition states.

"We urge the federal government and CoreCivic to close the Dilley facility immediately, return children and families to the homes and communities they were taken from and to end child imprisonment now."

The description claimed that the children at the Dilley detention center "endure trauma, neglect and conditions that violate basic standards of health, safety, dignity and human rights."

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'Rotten food'

Additional claims cited court filings that detail "abuse ... refusals to provide clean water, rotten food contaminated with worms, dangerous medical neglect, sleep deprivation, denial of legal counsel, the separation of children from their families, and retaliation against families protesting the inhumane conditions."

Many of these claims were outlined in a PBS News report from January, citing allegations made by migrant families "in recent court documents about their children's conditions while in ICE custody."

'Desperate' measures

In a statement, DHS refuted the claims as the media's "desperate" attempt to discredit immigration reform:

Dilley does meet federal detention standards and actually undergoes regular audits and inspections. The Dilley Detention Center is retrofitted for families. Adults with children are housed in facilities that provide for their safety, security, and medical needs. All detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries.

The federal entity also said inmates have access to phones to contact family and lawyers, have dietitian-evaluated meals, and ensure that children are protected.

"Parents, who are here illegally, can take control of their departure," the statement went on. DHS added the families can self-deport with the potential to return legally.

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Another day and another hoax about the South Texas Family Residential Center. The media is clearly desperate for these allegations of inhumane conditions at this facility to be true.

Here are the facts: Dilley does meet federal detention standards and actually undergoes regular… https://t.co/h1FD7beqXt
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) January 22, 2026

"Children belong in schools and on playgrounds, not in detention centers," the petition also said.

Other celebrity signees include: Alyssa Milano, Brittney Griner, Christina Ricci, Cobie Smulders, Elizabeth Banks, Elliot Page, Eva Longoria, Jane Fonda, John Cusack, John Legend, Lance Bass, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Ms. Rachel, and Raffi.

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WaPo Fact Checker: Anger over baby formula sent to illegal immigrants when America's store shelves are bare is 'ridiculous faux outrage'



Glenn Kessler, chief writer for the Washington Post's Fact Checker department, said Republican U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack's baby formula sent to an illegal immigrant detention facility is "ridiculous faux outrage."

"The shortage of baby formula is a serious issue that the administration is seeking to address," Kessler noted in Thursday analysis for the Post. "But at the same time, the administration cannot be faulted for following the law and providing baby formula to undocumented immigrants."

Kessler gave Cammack's claim "Four Pinocchios."

What's the background?

Cammack, a Florida lawmaker elected in 2020, indicated in a pair of Facebook videos Wednesday that a Border Patrol agent at the Ursula facility in McAllen, Texas, sent her photos showing pallets of baby formula and other food for infants that had been delivered to the detention center.

“They are sending pallets — pallets — of baby formula to the border,” Cammack said. “Meanwhile, in our own district at home, we cannot find baby formula."

The first photo is from this morning at the Ursula Processing Center at the U.S. border. Shelves and pallets packed with baby formula.\n\nThe second is from a shelf right here at home. Formula is scarce. \n\nThis is what America last looks like.pic.twitter.com/OO0V99njoy
— Kat Cammack (@Kat Cammack) 1652286854

Cammack added in her first video that "we literally are struggling to find baby formula around the country; moms are struggling, going from store to store to store and then the stores are actually capping the amount of baby formula they will sell them."

The congresswoman called it "unconscionable" and said the administration of President Joe Biden is responsible for the "open border policy" that is "crushing the middle class."

"They hate everything about [former President] Donald Trump so much ... they're willing to hurt their own citizens," Cammack added, saying it's "absolutely outrageous."

Cammack posted a second video later Wednesday and was no less outraged, saying the Border Patrol agent told her, "Kat, you would not believe the shipment I just brought in."

She went on to say that "he has been a Border Patrol agent for 30 years, and he has never seen anything quite like this. He is a grandfather, and he is saying that his own children can't get ... baby formula.”

What else did the WaPo Fact Checker have to say?

Kessler added in his piece that a 1997 federal ruling requires the government to provide illegal immigrant children "facilities that are safe and sanitary [with] access to toilets and sinks, drinking water and food as appropriate ..." and that the later Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act says that "food must be appropriate for at-risk detainees’ age and capabilities (such as formula and baby food).”

A Homeland Security spokesman told the Post that U.S. Customs and Border Protection "takes seriously its legal responsibility to ensure the safety and security of individuals in our custody. Ensuring migrants, including children and infants, in our custody have their basic needs met is in line with this Administration’s commitment to ensuring safe, orderly, and humane processes at our border. CBP complies with all applicable regulations for the purchase of products used in CBP facilities.”

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