US EditionFort Bliss ICE Site Opens With 1,000 Beds, Set to Expand to 5,000
The Lone Star Lockup, funded by a $1.2 billion Department of Defense contract, will expand to hold up to 5,000 detainees by 2027 as part of an unprecedented deportation effort.
- At Fort Bliss in El Paso, Lone Star Lockup began operations Sunday under a $1.2 billion Department of Defense contract, initially housing 1,000 detainees and planned to expand to 5,000 by 2027.
- The move follows congressional funding that allocated $170 billion for immigration enforcement, including $45 billion for detention capacity, part of efforts to double space and recruit 10,000 ICE officers.
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, criticized the privately run $1.2 billion Fort Bliss facility, noting its tent design exposes detainees to extreme heat and its history includes World War II internments and past child detentions.
- Advocates warn the move will hinder oversight and access to legal counsel, while El Paso County Commissioner Jackie Butler and local officials passed a resolution opposing the facility; DHS plans camps in New Jersey and Indiana soon.
- Observers warn the Fort Bliss conversion could become a blueprint for militarized detention as civil‑rights groups and historians caution it risks repeating wartime injustices amid plans for the largest‑ever deportation operation.
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WWII Japanese Internment Camp To Be ICE Facility - Joe.My.God.
NBC News reports: Japanese American groups criticized the construction of a new immigrant detention center in Texas at a military base that was used during World War II to imprison people of Japanese descent. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, which opened this past weekend, will be able …
Japanese American groups blast use of Fort Bliss, former internment camp site, as ICE detention center
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Sprawling ‘Lone Star Lockup’ Detention Center Opens
The Trump administration has opened the sprawling "Lone Star Lockup," the largest immigration enforcement detention site in the country. It opened with a 1,000-bed capacity, but will be expanding to 5,000 within about 18 months. The Washington Examiner reported that the new detention site within the boundaries of the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss, just outside El Paso, brought praise from Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn, and a heap of criticism from …
The Largest Immigrant Detention Center in The U.S. Has Opened. What You Need to Know
A detention center that is poised to become the largest of its kind in the country opened on a military base in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, amid concerns over safety, costs, and a lack of transparency. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began detaining people on Sunday at the Fort Bliss facility, dubbed “Lone Star Lockup” by its supporters, in what it said was an effort to “decompress ICE detention facilities in other regions.” …
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