"Every day felt like a week. Every week felt like a month. Every month felt like a year. Camp East Montana was 1,000% worse than a prison. This account from Owen Ramsingh, a former property manager deported to the Netherlands after weeks at the facility, captures the psychological toll of detention conditions."
"The mass arrests have swelled detention centers and set ICE off on a national chase for space to warehouse those who have been apprehended. Far from the "worst of the worst" that Trump vowed to deport, the data from ICE show that 80% at the camp had no criminal record and were instead caught up in a far-reaching dragnet."
"Camp East Montana looks like a pop-up village, with six long tents along a stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert outside El Paso at the U.S. Army base Fort Bliss, once the site of an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Inside the hastily constructed camp, a series of communal living pods shelter thousands of immigrants in color-coded uniforms."
Camp East Montana, located at Fort Bliss near El Paso, operates as the nation's largest ICE detention facility, housing thousands of immigrants in tent-based communal pods. The facility received nearly one 911 call daily for five months, documenting incidents of assault, self-harm, and medical emergencies among detainees. Data reveals that 80% of those detained had no criminal records, contradicting claims about targeting the "worst of the worst." Detainees describe conditions as worse than prison, with severe psychological and physical suffering. The facility's expansion reflects increased ICE operations funded by billions in new resources, resulting in mass arrests that have separated families and created widespread fear in communities across the nation.
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