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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Biesecker and Ryan J. Foley

Largest ICE detention facility wasted millions and put detainees at risk, report finds

Immigration Detention Conditions - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Mismanagement at a massive Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas created unsafe conditions that contributed to detainee deaths and suffering even as millions of wasted tax dollars enriched contractors, according to a federal report released Tuesday.

The Government Accountability Office report documents serious problems at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso where three detainees have died in little more than six months. Evidence in one of those deaths, of a 55-year-old Cuban migrant who died in January after being held down by guards, was “missing or destroyed," the report found.

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