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Many Americans were alarmed when ICE officers in Minneapolis detained a 5-year-old boy and his father last month and sent them to a Texas detention center. But he was no outlier. The government has been holding hundreds of children and their parents at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center. An Associated Press report finds that many have been detained for well beyond the 20-day limit set by a longstanding court order. Since the Trump administration reopened Dilley last spring, the number of children and parents held there has risen sharply. Parents and children recount stressful conditions, including experiences that raise questions about the quality of care provided. The Department of Homeland Security has strongly defended the care and conditions there.