{"id":185127,"date":"2026-03-01T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185127\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:27:10","slug":"faith-leaders-finish-90-mile-walk-from-dilley-calling-for-release-of-children-parents-in-ice-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/185127\/","title":{"rendered":"Faith leaders finish 90-mile walk from Dilley calling for release of children, parents in ICE custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Faith leaders and advocates completed a four-day<\/a>, 90-mile walk from Dilley to San Antonio, calling for the release of children and parents held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.<\/p>\n

The group gathered on Saturday morning near a memorial off Quintana Road<\/a> on the Southwest Side, where 53 migrants died<\/a> in a tractor-trailer in 2022.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had many people in my community affected by detentions and deportations,\u201d said Rev. Dianne Garcia, pastor of Roca de Refugio Church in San Antonio. \u201cLots of families are suffering, children have been separated from their parents, children have been put in jail, and that\u2019s really painful for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Garcia said the group walked about 25 miles a day to call for the release of those affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to ever detain children and families in the family detention center here,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cIt really serves no purpose other than to create suffering.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participants opened the morning with song and prayer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would be lying if I said I wasn\u2019t sore,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cBut I also feel really energized. I just felt so much love.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many people joining in,\u201d Garcia continued. \u201cSo many people really care about this issue, and that has really renewed my hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

KSAT has been following ICE\u2019s presence in San Antonio, which is expected to grow after acquiring a facility on the East Side<\/a> to hold detainees. The site will function as a \u201cvery well-structured\u201d detention facility, according to ICE.<\/p>\n

State and local Democratic lawmakers sent a letter<\/a> to the Department of Homeland Security pushing back on the expansion plans.<\/p>\n

Garcia said she believes the current system inflicts lasting damage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly difficult, and that kind of destroying of families, that traumatizing of children and mothers is happening because of the detention system,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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