A Texas contractor helping build a massive new migrant detention facility near Fort Bliss previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to hiring undocumented workers, raising new questions about how federal contracts are awarded.
The Department of Defense announced earlier this month that it plans to construct what could become the largest immigration detention site in the U.S., with space for up to 5,000 people, according to ProPublica. The contract, valued at over $1.2 billion, includes work by Disaster Management Group, a firm led by Republican donor Nathan Albers. Albers formerly held a leadership role at TentLogix, a company that admitted in 2019 to knowingly hiring undocumented workers and attempting to hide them from federal authorities.
