ALL THROUGH the 2024 Election, Stephen Miller swooned over the concept of this Texas concentration camp.

[Miles Archer]

A detention center that is poised to become the largest of its kind in the country opened on a military base in El Paso, Texas, over the weekend, amid concerns over safety, costs, and a lack of transparency.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began detaining people on Sunday at the Fort Bliss facility, dubbed “Lone Star Lockup” by its supporters, in what it said was an effort to “decompress ICE detention facilities in other regions.”

More than $1 billion will be invested in the detention center to expand its current 1,000-bed capacity to hold up to 5,000 people. Immigrants who are currently in removal proceedings or final removal orders are expected to be detained at the facility.

The opening of the detention center comes amid broader efforts by the Administration to militarize immigration enforcement through the use of U.S. military bases and personnel. Last week, President Donald Trump invoked emergency powers to call in the National Guard and take control of the police in Washington, D.C., due to claims about rampant crime in the city—despite a reported decline in crime rates. Nearly half of the around 300 arrests reported by the White House targeted undocumented immigrants, according to the Washington Post.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/largest-immigrant-detention-center-u-165046525.html

[MaineBlueBear]

1. Concentration camp

Call it what it is

[SheltieLover]

2. Precisely!