Two Fordham Law School leaders have described troubling conditions inside the nation’s largest immigrant detention center, highlighting the dire circumstances of detainees and the need for Congress to take action.
Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban national, died after being asphyxiated by ICE agents at the Camp East Montana detention facility in El Paso, Texas, with little public attention or outrage, while other ICE-related violence later sparked national condemnation.
The Trump administration has opened an immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss, a U.S. military base in Texas, which is set to become the largest immigration detention site in the country and is being met with local opposition due to its lack of transparency and potential for abuse.
Volunteers are providing emotional and logistical support to at-risk immigrants in immigration courts, as well as bearing witness to their stories and protecting them from potential harassment and detainment by ICE agents.