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Pedro Camacho

Fort Bliss Detention Center Draws Outrage for Echoes of Japanese American Incarceration: 'Inconceivable'

New ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss already holding 1,000 migrants (Credit: Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A new immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, opened on Sunday, immediately drawing criticism from Japanese American advocacy groups, who've noted the historical parallels between the facility and the military base's use during World War II, when it held Japanese, German, and Italian nationals considered "enemy aliens."

The East Montana Detention Facility is expected to reach a capacity of 5,000, making it the largest federal immigration detention site in the United States

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