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Texas, held a press conference on Monday, Aug. 18 voicing concerns about the new migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss and its impact
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El Paso Matters on MSN$1.2B ICE detention complex opens at Fort Bliss in East El Paso under Trump’s mass deportation strategy
The $1.24 billion, soft-sided ICE facility began accepting detainees Aug. 1, and now holds about 1,000 people, says U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, who toured the facility Monday.
President Trump's immigration policies faced criticism at a community meeting in El Paso, where residents voiced concerns over ICE raids and the
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ACLU likens Trump’s Fort Bliss migrant facility to WWII internment camps: ‘Deranged and lazy’
DHS official calls ACLU comparison of Fort Bliss immigrant detention facility to WWII internment camps 'deranged and lazy' as center opens Monday
The ACLU has warned that the Trump administration is converting Fort Bliss into one of the nation's largest immigration detention sites, with capacity for up to 5,000 people, and has condemned the move as a misuse of military resources to facilitate the deportation of immigrants.
The El Paso Chamber sent a letter to lawmakers urging them not to move key El Paso assets out of U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar's district.
Key areas of Fort Bliss and El Paso International Airport would stay in El Paso Democrat Veronica Escobar’s district under a congressional redistricting plan su
A Fort Bliss soldier was already under criminal investigation when he called a Russian Embassy to share the weaknesses of the U.S. Army’s tanks.