ICE's Fort Bliss Facility: Dozens of Federal Violations at Migrant Camp

ICE Facility Violations at Fort Bliss

• 🚨 Camp East Montana, an ICE tent encampment at Fort Bliss, has accumulated 60 violations in 50 days according to ICE inspectors.
• ⚠️ Inspectors found failures in monitoring and treating detainees' medical conditions.
• ⚖️ Basic procedures for guard and detainee safety were lacking.
• 📞 For weeks, detainees were denied ways to contact lawyers, learn about their cases, or file complaints.

Contract and Company Oversight

• 🏗️ The facility, expected to house up to 5,000 migrants, is operated under a $1.2 billion contract awarded to Acquisition Logistics LLC.
• 🏠 The registered headquarters for Acquisition Logistics LLC is a home in suburban Richmond, Virginia.
• 🧑‍💼 Despite the massive contract, the company reportedly has only 39 employees.
• 📉 The scale of the project is 442 times larger than the company's previously published contracts, raising concerns about its capacity.

Consequences and Concerns

• 😥 The situation at Camp East Montana is described as a "stain against the soul of this country".
• 📉 The operation is seen as a disaster, predicted to devolve into further misery and misfortune for those detained.