US EditionMystery Surrounds US$1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert
Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small veteran and Hispanic-owned business, received the $1.2 billion contract to build Camp East Montana for up to 5,000 migrants near the border.
- The US government awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a small, inexperienced company to build the nation's largest immigration detention camp in the Texas desert.
- The camp, named Camp East Montana, will be a 60-acre tent complex near the US-Mexico border able to house over 1,000 detainees in extreme desert heat.
- The Pentagon has refused to release the contract details or explain why the small firm was selected over larger, more experienced bidders.
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Mystery surrounds $1.2B Army contract to build detention tent camp
When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.Instead, it handed the project on a military base to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small business that has no listed experience running a correction faci…
Mystery surrounds US$1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
When U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to US$1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
President Donald Trump's administration has awarded a $1.2 billion contract to a tiny Virginia company to build and operate what's expected to become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex at Fort Bliss in Texas.
When President Donald Trump’s government awarded a contract last month for up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what he calls the country’s largest immigration detention complex, he did not turn to a large government contractor or a company specializing in private prisons.
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