A new roadside ad funded by the Save America Movement accuses the federal government of detaining children at ICE’s Dilley center and points viewers to the facility’s location; the posting adds to ongoing local and national disputes over family detention.
A Save America Movement-funded billboard appeared on San Antonio’s far west side reading “One Nation. Under God. Locking Up Children,” and names ICE’s Dilley Detention Center.
The billboard is part of SAM campaigns opposing ICE family detention, including ‘Operation Liberty: Protecting Communities’ and a ‘Damning the Detention Centers’ rapid-response program.
# What happened A billboard critical of ICE detention has been posted on the far west side of San Antonio. The sign, paid for by the Save America Movement (SAM), shows an image of a concrete wall topped with concertina wire and the words "One Nation. Under God. Locking Up Children." It also displays the location of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the federal family-residential facility roughly 70 miles southwest of San Antonio.
# Who placed the billboard and why
# The Dilley facility in brief Dilley opened in 2014, was closed in June 2024, and was reopened in 2025. The center is operated under a federal contract by CoreCivic. CoreCivic's public materials and a facility tour video describe services and infrastructure at Dilley: a cafeteria serving thousands of meals per day, a 24-hour walk-in medical clinic, a children's gym and playgrounds, 32 classrooms for school-aged detainees, five courtrooms, game rooms, an age-appropriate library for children, and legal-reference materials for adults.
# Political and public responses Dilley has been a focal point for protests and congressional visits. Democratic members of Congress have visited the site and called for its closure. Representative Joaquin Castro led a delegation to the facility in May to protest the detention of a family, and Representative Sylvia Garcia posted that the site should be shut down, calling it a "baby jail." Local organizers and activists have coordinated demonstrations targeting family detention policies.
# Why the billboard matters locally The sign amplifies an existing, highly visible debate in and around San Antonio. City officials and community leaders have been asking questions about federal plans for detention facilities in the region. Protest activity, municipal discussion of legal challenges, and local organizing against ICE contracts have continued in parallel with national advocacy campaigns.
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# About the reporting The story was reported by Randy Clark, a retired 32-year Border Patrol veteran who served as a Division Chief for Law Enforcement Operations in the Del Rio sector.
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