SOON BE AVAILABLE FOR MIGRANTS AWAITING DEPORTATION. AND IT’S HERE IN THE LONE STAR STATE. FOX’S JENNIFER GRIFFIN WITH MORE ON THE STORY. THE U.S.
MILITARY IS BUILDING THE LARGEST FEDERAL DEPORTATION DETENTION CENTER IN AMERICA’S HISTORY. THE CONSTRUCTION OF CAMP EAST MONTANA AT FORT BLISS IN EL PASO, TEXAS, BEGAN MID-JULY IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM HOMELAND SECURITY, PENTAGON PRESS SECRETARY KINGSLEY WILSON DEFENDED THE USE OF THE MILITARY BASE TO INITIALLY DETAIN 1000 MIGRANTS AWAITING DEPORTATION. ONCE DOD ACHIEVES INITIAL STAND UP, WE WILL FINISH CONSTRUCTION FOR UP TO 5000 BEDS IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS AHEAD. UPON COMPLETION, THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST FEDERAL DETENTION CENTER IN HISTORY FOR THIS CRITICAL MISSION. THE DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL ALIENS.
SO FAR, THE ARMY HAS SPENT $232 MILLION ON THE TENT CITY AT FORT BLISS. THE U.S. ARMY OVERSEES THE $1.24 BILLION CONTRACT FOR THE 5000 BED ICE FACILITY, AND LAST MONTH AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO BUILD THE FACILITY TO ACQUISITION LOGISTICS, A VIRGINIA BASED COMPANY.
IN JANUARY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED MIGRANTS WOULD BE SENT TO GUANTANAMO BAY, WHERE DEFENSE SECRETARY HEGSETH PROMISED THE MARINES COULD BUILD A 30,000 BED FACILITY. THOSE PLANS WERE HALTED WHEN ICE STANDARDS WERE NOT BEING MET FOR HOUSING MIGRANTS.
CONSTRUCTION ENDED AFTER JUST 175 TENTS WERE STOOD UP. QUOTE THERE ARE CURRENTLY 33 HIGH THREAT ILLEGAL ALIENS AND EIGHT LOW THREAT ILLEGAL ALIENS AT NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY. TO DATE, 690 ILLEGAL ALIENS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY.
THERE IS NO NEW INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF THE TENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THE WHITE HOUSE WOULD NEITHER CONFIRM NOR DENY. A NEW YORK TIMES EXCLUSIVE REPORT THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SECRETLY SIGNED AN ORDER ALLOWING THE U.S. MILITARY TO PURSUE KNOWN DRUG CARTELS, WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION HAS LABELED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, RAISING CONCERNS THAT THE U.
S. MILITARY COULD BEGIN OPERATING IN.
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