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Lorena Figueroa in El Paso

‘Shameful’: Democrats join call for closure of Texas immigration jail

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Protesters opposing Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown outside the base at Fort Bliss. Photograph: Paul Ratje/Reuters

Prominent Democratic lawmakers and legal advocates have called for the new immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss military base to be shut down amid accusations of lack of external oversight and concerns over access to legal services.

Camp East Montana began full operation last weekend as a sprawling tent facility across acres of military land in the eastern part of El Paso, on the US-Mexico border in west Texas, amid rapid expansion plans and much controversy.

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