Guard at ICE detention center in Louisiana stabbed detainee with a pen because he wouldn't remove his hand from a door, per new DHS OIG report: www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/defaul...
Update: ICE has switched contractors at Camp East Montana and said the facility will stay open: wapo.st/415gawR
I corrected my earlier story, which incorrectly said a document showed ICE was taking steps to close CEM. Actually, the document only said ICE planned to terminate contract.
We still don't know if there's any surveillance video of the January death of ICE detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos, which the coroner ruled a homicide. But GAO looked into it and found that evidence was "missing or destroyed" www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2...
"The incident was one of at least 780 in which staff members at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities used physical force or chemical agents to control immigrant detainees during the first year of the Trump administration."
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We got our hands on internal ICE records that show how widespread use of force, like punches, kicks, takedown maneuvers, restraint holds, and less-lethal weapons such as Tasers and pepper spray in detention centers has grown wapo.st/4tdgBRA (1/)
ICE is seeking to avoid accountability for the people who die from medical problems shortly after they are released from custody. Happy to speak about this on @msnowreports.bsky.social
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gift link to my story on GAO's scathing reporting about Camp East Montana, where Lunas Campos was killed wapo.st/3RPaVAm
ICE warehouse plan is back ON, with two Texas facilities expected to open by early 2027. New @washingtonpost.com: wapo.st/4uUqvsF
We obtained a trove of internal ICE records showing detention center guards have increasingly used physical force and chemical agents on detainees.
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The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.
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ICE is moving forward with its plans to convert commercial warehouses into mass detention camps which may become the largest prisons in the entire country.
Initially, ICE planned to open the first one by now. That never happened. Now they’re targeting early next year.
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Government Accountability Office report blames rushed timeline, inexperienced contractor on failures at the Camp East Montana holding facility.
New warehouse contracts in Texas are expected to be awarded after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially called for a review of the plan.
Camp East Montana was supposed to be the Trump administration's model for a new breed of large-scale, makeshift immigrant detention centers. Eight tumultuous months, 60 violations and three deaths later, ICE is preparing to close it. New from me: t.co/jOIIRAMJCo
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.
Breaking news: The DHS is moving forward with its plan to convert warehouses around the country into immigration detention centers, despite mounting legal challenges and a government watchdog probe into the agency’s purchases of the buildings.
New warehouse contracts in Texas are expected to be awarded after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin initially called for a review of the plan.
