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ICE’s heavy-handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s

For the past 13 years, Maricopa County in Arizona has attempted to reform its sheriff’s department after Joe Arpaio made it into a national flash point for extreme immigration tactics. After a legal immigrant sued Arpaio and the county Sheriff’s Office, a federal district court ruled in 2015 that Arpaio…

The Conversation

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp

Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisis

The Guardian - US

Inspection at Largest U.S. Immigration Detention Facility Finds Nearly 50 Detention Standard Violations

Acquisition Logistics LLC was awarded a contract worth up to $1.3 billion to build and operate the camp despite having no prior experience in the field, an ICE report noted.

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Outrage as ICE Guards Accused of '$500 Suicide Bets' on Detainees - DHS Denies Claims

Former detainee Owen Ramsingh alleges ICE guards at Camp East Montana bet on suicides. DHS denies claims amid three deaths and a scathing 49-violation audit.

International Business Times UK

Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas

An inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions

The Independent UK

Record deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failures

Families, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplained

The Guardian - US

ICE replaces contractor at largest detention camp after scrutiny of living conditions

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terminating the contractor running its largest detention facility and putting in charge another firm tasked with improving medical care and other services

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DHS Is 'Upgrading' a Detention Facility Rife With Abuse Claims. It Should Close It Instead.

Federal officers at Camp East Montana have beaten people for requesting medicine and even placed bets on which detainee would attempt suicide next.

Reason

Suicide Reports and Assaults Inside ICE 'Concentration Camps' Trigger Calls for Urgent Investigation

Explore the alarming conditions at Camp East Montana, where multiple deaths, alleged suicides and a disputed homicide highlight systemic issues in ICE detention.

International Business Times UK

'Worse than a prison': 911 calls, interviews reveal problems at ICE's largest detention camp

Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility since its opening in August

The Independent UK

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas

The Independent UK

Troubled ICE detention center under quarantine after measles outbreak could be closed permanently

Camp East Montana was opened by the Trump administration in Texas last summer but has faced accusations of poor conditions and a number of deaths

The Independent UK

Trump administration to reportedly close controversial ICE jail in Texas

Camp East Montana facility, part of the Fort Bliss army base, has repeatedly been criticized for harsh living conditions

The Guardian - US

ICE replacing operator of El Paso detention camp, report says

The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.

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The Texas Tribune

14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp as Democrats call for its shuttering

The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.

The Texas Tribune

Two cases of tuberculosis detected at El Paso ICE facility

Officials said 18 cases of COVID-19 were also identified at the 5,000-bed tent Fort Bliss Army facility, where a Democratic congresswoman said many “chronic issues” persist.

The Independent UK

911 call sheds new light on death of Cuban migrant in Texas facility

A 911 call sheds light on the death of Geraldo Lunas Campos, an ICE detainee

The Independent UK

Migrant’s death in custody ruled a homicide with witness describing violent behavior from ICE agent

His death was one of at least three reported in little more than a month at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent facility in the desert

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Latin Times

Autopsy Supports Claim That Migrant Who Died In Detention Camp Was Choked

The autopsy found that Lunas Campos died from asphyxia caused by neck and torso compression, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide. He died Jan. 3 after what ICE initially described as a "medical distress" while in custody.

The Texas Tribune

Immigrant’s death in ICE custody ruled homicide by El Paso medical examiner

Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrained.

Latin Times

Advocates In Texas And New Mexico Demand Closure Of Detention Center After Three Deaths In a Month And a Half

Advocacy groups are demanding the closure of Camp East Montana, in Texas, after three deaths were reported there in a month and a half.

The Guardian - US

Second man dies at Texas ICE detention facility in two weeks

Victor Manuel Diaz was found unresponsive at Camp East Montana in what ICE officials call ‘presumed suicide’

The Independent UK

Medical examiner set to rule ICE detention death a homicide - despite DHS initial claims: report

Geraldo Lunas Campos, a 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, died at the makeshift Texas detention facility Camp East Montana

The Guardian - US

Woman deported before she could see dying husband in ICE custody: ‘I never saw him again’

Francisco Gaspar-Andrés died in El Paso hospital after being detained at Fort Bliss – his wife was deported to Guatemala without a chance to see him

The Texas Tribune

Migrants held at Fort Bliss suffering physical abuse, unsafe conditions, human rights groups claim

The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”

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