Camp East Montana sits on Fort Bliss less than 15 minutes from downtown El Paso. The facility received its first inmates in mid-August and began with an initial capacity of 1,000, with plans to expand to 5,000 detainees. The Department of Defense approved roughly $1.2 billion for expansion over two years. Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated near the base over extreme conditions in a vast open-air tent complex. Reported problems include desert heat regularly above 40C (104F), limited water and food supplies, and inadequate medical care. ICE states the site will include medical services, recreational areas, and libraries, while local activists report precarious conditions and systematic violations of detainee rights. Legal-assistance groups note contradictions regarding supervised legal visits and limited attorney access.
El Paso, Texas' quintessential border city, has begun its resistance against the implementation of the Camp East Montana immigration detention center, built on the Fort Bliss military base, less than 15 minutes away from downtown. The facility whose first inmates arrived in mid-August is projected to be the largest of its kind in U.S. history, with a capacity for 5,000 people. To this end, the Department of Defense has approved an investment of approximately $1.2 billion for its expansion over the next two years.
Around the military base in the Texas desert, hundreds of protesters have been demonstrating for days against the extreme conditions at the site, a vast open-air tent facility. The accusations center primarily on the heat experienced by detainees in a desert region of a state suffering a heat wave since early August, with temperatures almost constantly above 40C (104F). Furthermore, deficiencies in the water and food supply, as well as inadequate medical care, have also been reported.
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