The Trump administration is routinely violating the Flores settlement—a 1985 federal court agreement limiting child detention to 20 days—at the Dilley family detention center, the nation's only such facility. A Texas Tribune analysis of federal data found at least 60 children have been held for 100 days or more, with the average length of stay reaching 47 days during a six-month period ending in December 2025. The facility, reopened by the Trump administration in March 2025 after Biden closed it, has detained approximately 3,000 children in its first year, with more than half held beyond the legal limit. Children detained there report rotting food, non-potable water, inadequate medical attention, mold, insects, and staff misconduct. U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee indicated in June 2026 she plans to appoint a monitor to force compliance with the settlement. The Trump administration is attempting to end the Flores settlement entirely, calling it "outdated" and "judicial micromanagement," while DHS called it "a tool of the left" that wastes taxpayer resources. Democratic lawmakers and immigrant rights advocates are calling for the facility to be shut down.