AdvertisementThe U.S. Has A Long, Troubled History Of Detaining Families TogetherJune 29, 2018John BurnettfacebookEmailGarry Mead, assistant director of detention and removal for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, answers a reporter's question in 2007 in front of cells that housed immigrant families at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center in Taylor, Texas. After a suit by the ACLU, the center ended family detention, and ICE mostly avoided it until 2014. (AP)