Two measles cases prompt quarantine at South Texas Family Residential Center

DILLEY, TEXAS - JANUARY 28: People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement as they march toward the South Texas Family Residential Center on January 28, 2026 in Dilley, Texas. A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who were arrested in Minneapolis after the father had picked the boy up from school. They were then taken to the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention center outside San Antonio, where they remain. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images)
DILLEY, TEXAS - JANUARY 28: People protest against Immigration and Customs Enforcement as they march toward the South Texas Family Residential Center on January 28, 2026 in Dilley, Texas. A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who were arrested in Minneapolis after the father had picked the boy up from school. They were then taken to the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention center outside San Antonio, where they remain. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images) Photo credit (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images)

Two detainees at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, have been confirmed with active measles infections, prompting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt all movement inside the facility and quarantine those exposed.

The cases were identified late Jan. 31, and the Department of Homeland Security says medical staff and the ICE Health Services Corps are monitoring and isolating contacts to prevent further spread in the federal immigration detention center roughly 70 miles southwest of San Antonio.

The quarantine covers parents and children housed at the facility, which detains families pending immigration proceedings, and officials say proper medical care is being provided to those affected.

The outbreak comes as federal authorities and health officials work to contain infectious diseases in congregate settings, and it follows national reports of rising measles activity in parts of the United States.

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