County Commissioner Pushes Resolution Opposing Fort Bliss Migrant Center

County commissioner pushes resolution opposing Fort Bliss migrant center

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- El Paso County Commissioner Jackie Butler has introduced a resolution opposing the development and operation of a migrant holding facility at Fort Bliss. The 5,000-bed migrant detention center located on Fort Bliss is in Precinct 1 of the County, which Butler represents. Butler said the facility, set to be the largest detention site of its kind in the nation, is being built under a $1.26 billion federal contract. She sai…

County commissioner introduces resolution against Camp East Montana

FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso County Commissioner Jackie Butler is introducing a formal resolution in opposition of the development and operation of Camp East Montana. The new facility will have the capacity to host thousands of migrants who are in the middle of their removal proceedings. It is located on Fort Bliss, within

US establishing migrant detention center at base near border

Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 The United States is setting up a migrant detention facility at the Fort Bliss military base near the Mexico border with an eventual capacity of up to 5,000 people, the Pentagon said Thursday. President Donald Trump has made combating illegal migration a central part of his second term, and declared an emergency at the southern US border on his first day back in office. "Beginning mid-Ju