An 84-page report released by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union documented severe physical abuse, life-threatening medical neglect, and coercive removals at the Fort Bliss immigration detention camp. The findings prompted calls for the facility’s closure and investigations into recent deaths, including that of Gerardo Lunas Campos, whose death was officially ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
Human rights organizations, including the ACLU, have reported physical and sexual abuse, medical neglect, and intimidation to self-deport at the Fort Bliss immigration detention site in El Paso, Texas, revealing an unfolding humanitarian crisis.
The ACLU released a report detailing a letter sent by human rights groups urging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigrant detention and halt deportations at Camp East Montana, a tent facility located at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, due to violent and abusive conditions.
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.
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.