The $1.24 billion, soft-sided ICE facility began accepting detainees Aug. 1, and now holds about 1,000 people, says U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, who toured the facility Monday.

What will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.

DHS official calls ACLU comparison of Fort Bliss immigrant detention facility to WWII internment camps 'deranged and lazy' as center opens Monday

The ACLU has warned that the Trump administration is converting Fort Bliss into one of the nation's largest immigration detention sites, with capacity for up to 5,000 people, and has condemned the move as a misuse of military resources to facilitate the deportation of immigrants.

El Paso state Representative Vince Perez said that if the new congressional Texas map gets passed, Democrats will continue the fight in court.

A Fort Bliss soldier was already under criminal investigation when he called a Russian Embassy to share the weaknesses of the U.S. Army’s tanks.

A Fort Bliss soldier was allegedly willing to give classified U.S. military information to Russian government officials in exchange for citizenship.