Rights groups sue over conditions at largest US immigration detention center
The suit alleges severe medical neglect, abuse and unsafe conditions, and seeks to halt operations while ICE remains out of compliance with detention standards.
- On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union and partner organizations filed a federal lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, challenging "inhumane" conditions at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest immigrant detention facility.
- Since opening at Fort Bliss in August 2025, the facility has faced intense scrutiny after an internal ICE investigation identified 49 detention standards violations and reports of three detainee deaths.
- Named plaintiff Gerald Akari Angye stated he was beaten after requesting legal counsel, while detainees detailed accounts of severe medical neglect, violent force, and solitary confinement in the lawsuit.
- Congresswoman Veronica Escobar called the tent camp "purgatory" on social media Saturday, while immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers continue demanding the facility's closure citing systemic neglect.
- This litigation seeks to halt operations at the site, which represents the epicenter of the Trump administration's mass detention efforts as officials plan to convert warehouses into additional camps.
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ICE Faces Several Lawsuits over Inhumane Conditions at Detention Facility
Several plaintiffs are suing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for abusive conditions and abhorrent medical care at their Texas Camp, East Montana. Camp East Montana ICE detention center in El Paso, Texas The claimants say ICE agents violated their human and constitutional rights when they locked them in the facility. Several advocacy groups have […] The post ICE Faces Several Lawsuits over Inhumane Conditions at Detention Facility appe…
Rights groups sue over conditions at largest US immigration detention center
Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit over alleged human rights abuses at the United States' largest immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, where three people have died in the nine months since it opened.
‘I am scared to be here’: Lawsuit seeks to halt ICE’s Camp East Montana operations over alleged standards violations
by Cindy RamirezMay 30, 2026 Share Facebook Nextdoor Reddit Citing severe medical neglect, violent use of force and excessive use of solitary confinement of migrants, the ACLU of Texas and other legal and human rights organizations late Friday filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement over inhumane conditions at Camp East Montana. The 78-page lawsuit asks a federal court to prohibit ICE from continuing to operate the facility …
Groups sue ICE over 'inhumane conditions' at Camp East Montana
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A handful of legal organizations and civil rights groups have sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement over what they are calling the "inhumane conditions" at Camp East Montana, the large-scale immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss. The lawsuit and motion for class certification were filed Friday night, May 29 on behalf [...]
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