US EditionTrump administration plans to build largest US federal migrant detention center on military base
EL PASO, TEXAS, AUG 8 – The facility at Fort Bliss will hold up to 5,000 migrants temporarily as part of an executive order to enforce rapid deportation and stricter immigration policies.
- The Trump administration plans to detain 1,000 undocumented immigrants at Fort Bliss, aiming for 5,000 at full capacity, starting August 17.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved facilities at Camp Atterbury in Indiana and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey to accommodate several thousand migrants.
- Critics, including Democratic lawmakers, express concerns about military resources being diverted from national security to immigration enforcement.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott supports the facility, highlighting that it will assist in arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants.
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Trump admin constructing nation’s biggest migrant facility in Texas
The Trump administration plans to build the nation’s largest federal migrant detention facility on a military base in Texas. The Pentagon confirmed the move on Thursday, Aug. 7, as the administration ramps up its use of the military to achieve its immigration policy goals. “Upon completion, this will be the largest federal detention center in history for this critical mission– the deportation of illegal aliens,” Kingsley Wilson, a spokesperson f…
Trump administration plans to build largest US federal migrant detention center on military base
President Donald Trump's administration is aiming to construct the largest federal migrant detention facility in the United States on a military base in Texas, the Pentagon said on Thursday, the latest move to use military resources to make good on his immigration agenda.
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ICE to Open New Massive Detention Site
Immigration and Customs Enforcement will open a large-scale detention facility at Fort Bliss in Texas on Aug. 17, part of President Donald Trump's push to carry out what officials call the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, The Hill reported. ICE is preparing to begin operations at a new detention facility on the Fort Bliss military base near El Paso, Texas, later this month. The site will initially house 1,000 individuals who entered t…
President Donald Trump’s government intends to build the largest U.S. federal migrant detention center at a Texas military base, the Pentagon reported on Thursday, another measure that uses military resources to meet its migration agenda. Trump has intensified detentions of migrants illegally in the U.S., repressed illegal border crossings, and stripped hundreds of thousands of people of their legal status. Ever since he took office, he has sent…
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