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Casa San Diego Immigrant holding facility in El Cajon, California, US Casa San Diego is a holding facility located in El Cajon, California, for minors who are either unaccompanied at the United States border or who have been separated from their families. Currently, around 10 percent of children housed in Casa San Diego were separated from their parents on entry at the border.[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_San_Diego#cite_note-Morrissey_2018-1) Casa San Diego currently houses boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 17.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_San_Diego#cite_note-2)

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Casa San Diego is a holding facility located in El Cajon, California, for minors who are either unaccompanied at the United States border or who have been separated from their families. Currently, around 10 percent of children housed in Casa San Diego were separated from their parents on entry at the border. Casa San Diego currently houses boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 17.

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World Prisons. (2026). Casa San Diego. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-san-diego
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"Casa San Diego." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-san-diego.
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@misc{worldprisons-casa-san-diego,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Casa San Diego},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/casa-san-diego},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}