Human Rights Groups Detail Abuse at Fort Bliss Migrant Camp, Call for Its Closure

Human rights groups detail abuse at Fort Bliss migrant camp, call for its closure

Editor's Note: Some of the alleged abuses at Camp East Montana at Fort Bliss are graphic and may disturb some people. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- Human rights groups, including the ACLU, Texas Civil Rights and Human Rights Watch, sent a letter on Monday, Dec. 8 to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to quit [...]

Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions

At the largest immigration detention site in the country, officers beat up Samuel, a detained teenager who uses a pseudonym, so badly, he had to go to the hospital. His right front tooth broke, and he said one officer “grabbed my testicles and firmly crushed them,” while another “forced his fingers deep into my ears.” He added that weeks after the beating, damage to his left ear was so severe that he now has trouble hearing. Samuel’s is just one…

Rights groups allege abuses at US Fort Bliss immigration detention facility

A coalition of civil rights organizations is calling for the closure of a massive immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, alleging guards have beaten detainees and threatened violence, criminal charges and imprisonment in attempts to coerce even non-Mexican migrants into crossing the border into Mexico. The groups, including the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, sent a letter Monday to federal officials detailing the allegations based on interv…

US: Close Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Site

Click to expand Image Protesters opposing mass deportations by ICE hold signs during a protest held at Fort Bliss, the US Army base where a large new ICE detention facility is being built, in El Paso, Texas, August 17, 2025. © 2025 REUTERS/Paul Ratje (Washington, DC) – Human rights groups today urged US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end immigration detention at Camp East Montana, a massive tent camp at the Fort Bliss military base…

Fort Bliss Immigration Facility Accused of Widespread Abuse and Neglect

The ACLU released a report detailing a letter sent by human rights groups urging U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end immigrant detention and halt deportations at Camp East Montana, a tent facility located at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, due to violent and abusive conditions.