by Mike Ludwig | Jan 27, 2026 | Alex Pretti, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, Fort Bliss, ICE, Immigrant Jails, immigration, Kristi Noem, Migrant Jails, News, Renee Nicole Good, Texas, Trump Administration
Immigrant rights advocates and elected Democrats are calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to shut down an immigrant jail outside of El Paso, Texas. New evidence calls into question the official narratives about the recent deaths of two men held at Camp East Montana, a sprawling tent city at the Fort Bliss Army base in West Texas. Geraldo Lunas Campos and Victor Manuel Diaz are…
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by Julia Conley | Jan 20, 2026 | Fort Bliss, ICE, Immigrant Jails, immigration, Migrant Jails, Minneapolis, Minnesota, News, Texas
Officials in both Texas and Minnesota are calling for accountability and a full investigation into conditions at Camp East Montana, the sprawling detention complex at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, following the third reported death at the facility in less than two months. Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minneapolis, where ICE has been…
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by Amy Goodman | Oct 31, 2025 | Asylum Seekers, Chicago, DHS, Fort Bliss, Gregory Bovino, ICE, Interview, Kristi Noem
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling for federal agents to pause immigration enforcement in the Chicago area until after Halloween, amid widespread condemnation of violent arrests and confrontations with residents. Meanwhile, the person at the center of much of Chicago’s enforcement, Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, did a five-hour deposition Thursday in a case challenging federal agents’…
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