US EditionMystery Surrounds US$1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert
The $1.2 billion contract to Acquisition Logistics LLC for a 5,000-bed migrant camp at Fort Bliss faces scrutiny due to the firm’s limited experience and contract secrecy.
- The $1.2 billion detention facility at Fort Bliss is expected to hold up to 5,000 migrants awaiting deportation, making it the largest such facility in the United States.
- The Pentagon has not released the contract details or explained the selection of Acquisition Logistics for the project.
- Joshua Schnell expressed concern about the lack of information from the Trump administration regarding the facility.
- Expert commentary indicates that the contracting process reflects a broader urgency to fulfill the Republican president's promise regarding 10 million undocumented migrants.
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News & RecordMystery clouds $1.2B contract to build tent camp
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump's administration awarded a contract this summer 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…
Mystery firm to build desert concentration camp where Japanese Americans were once interned
America is repeating its darkest sins: the Army just handed an obscure company $1.2 billion to turn Fort Bliss back into an internment camp. This is a national disgrace. Between 1942 and 1945, over 120,000 Japanese Americans were ripped from their homes and imprisoned. — Read the rest The post Mystery firm to build desert concentration camp where Japanese Americans were once interned appeared first on Boing Boing.
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention
WASHINGTON: 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
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