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An immigration detention site at Fort Bliss will hold thousands. It could be the largest immigration detention site in the country.

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WASHINGTON 鈥� The Trump administration has begun detaining people at Fort Bliss as part of its mass deportation campaign. The military base 鈥� which has land across El Paso, Texas, and Do帽a Ana and Otero Counties in New Mexico 鈥� will detain up to 5,000 people, making it the country鈥檚 largest immigrant detention site. The administration also plans to use at least two more bases to detain and deport people who are immigrants. The detention camp鈥檚 opening is the latest escalation in President Trump鈥檚 dystopian agenda to detain and deport millions of immigrants from communities nationwide. The Fort Bliss detention camp, similar to the hastily built detention camp in the Florida Everglades, is a tent facility that will leave detained individuals vulnerable to extreme heat and other harsh conditions. Media reports suggest that the administration is poised to spend $1.26 billion to build the camp. Last month, Congress passed a budget reconciliation bill which will funnel $170 billion to turbocharge deportations and detention. This expansion marks another shameful chapter in Fort Bliss鈥� history, as the facility was used to intern German and Italian immigrants and people of Japanese descent during World War II, and later used to detain unaccompanied children in 2016 and from 2021 to 2023, where some were subjected to severe abuse. The renewed use of this base to detain immigrants and stage deportations comes as the Trump administration continues to misuse military resources to deport long-standing residents and other immigrants and plans to deploy troops to other ICE detention sites around the nation, including at military bases. Sarah Mehta, deputy director of government affairs, Equality division at the 网红爆料, issued the following statement in response: 鈥淧resident Trump鈥檚 use of Fort Bliss for the nation鈥檚 largest immigrant detention site is cruel and a reminder of a shameful detention legacy. Thousands of people, including our neighbors and loved ones, will be torn from their communities while this administration enlists the military to rubberstamp its abusive agenda. 鈥淢embers of Congress must stop the use of the military 鈥� including its bases 鈥� for the Trump administration鈥檚 reckless and wasteful deportation drive.鈥�

Cruelly dubbed 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz,鈥� the detention camp in the Everglades is drawing national outrage for violating our constitutional rights, for its inhumane conditions, and significant environmental risks.