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The Company Building Trump's Largest Immigration Detention Camp

The Company Building Trump's Largest Immigration Detention Camp

Bloomberga day ago
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.26 billion contract to build and operate what would become the country's largest immigrant detention center at Fort Bliss, an Army base in El Paso, Texas. The work would turn the base, with more than 1 million acres of space and an airport, into a sprawling tent camp with 5,000 beds.
The contract was awarded to a Virginia-based company that does not appear to have experience with detention. Immigration advocates warn the facility will likely not meet federal standards. Already, accusations of inhumane conditions have emerged in Alligator Alcatraz, a new tent facility in the Florida Everglade that Trump has suggested could be a model for other states. Read more from Sophie Alexander, Fola Akinnibi, and Rachel Adams-Heard today on CityLab: Trump Awards $1.26 Billion Contract to Build Biggest Immigrant Detention Center in US
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