Fort Bliss this month is expected to house 1,000 illegal migrants as part of the Trump administration’s mass deportation plan, according to reports.
The base located near the southern border in El Paso, Texas, will serve as a model as the administration seeks to develop more detention facilities on military sites across the country to make up for a shortfall of space at Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, The New York Times reported in February.
Fort Bliss is expected to hold 5,000 people in tent-like facilities at full capacity, which would turn it into the largest U.S. detention facility for civil detainees, The Washington Post reported Thursday.
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