Nonprofit organizations push back on ICE detention facility increases 1 month 4 days 24 minutes ago Wednesday, March 10 2021 Mar 10, 2021 March 10, 2021 10:29 PM March 10, 2021 in News - Local Gov. Greg Abbott's calls to increase ICE detention facilities are facing pushback. Some Valley residents started a letter-writing campaign to U.S. Rep Filemon Vela (D-Brownsville). They want all ICE detainees to be released due to COVID-19 risks. In 2020, 33-year-old Hilder Lainez-Alvarez said he was caught illegally crossing the border and was put in ICE custody. Having severe asthma, Lainez-Alvarez caught the coronavirus while inside the El Valle Detention Center in Raymondville. "I [did] 30 days alone in the room," Lainez-Alvarez said. "No nothing."