ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending
Source: Reuters
ICE detention center in Texas flagged for missing records, medical failures and wasteful spending
By Ted Hesson
Tue, June 9, 2026 at 2:46 PM EDT
2 min read
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - A federal immigration detention center in Texas erected by the Trump administration failed to issue use-of-force reports, did not give medicine to seriously ill detainees and wasted tens of millions in taxpayer dollars through rushed contracts, a U.S. government watchdog report published on Tuesday said.
The report, issued by the Government Accountability Office, found "significant, pervasive issues" with planning and oversight at the Camp East Montana detention center.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has sought to detain record numbers of immigrants as part of Trump's mass deportation effort. Some 57,000 immigrants were detained as of early June, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, up from around 40,000 when Trump took office in 2025.
Camp East Montana was opened in August 2025 on the grounds of the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso using an expedited military contracting process to speed up its construction. Under the fast-track process, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement gave the contract to Acquisition Logistics LLC, a small firm with no prior detention experience.
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