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Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/d

> Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held

Officers at the large immigration detention camp located at the Fort Bliss army base in Texas are allegedly mistreating detainees, with accusations including beatings, sexual abuse and clandestine deportations of non-Mexican nationals into Mexico, according to a coalition of local and national US civil rights organizations.

In a 19-page letter, addressed to senior government officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency and Fort Bliss military command, the coalition accuses officers at the immigration detention facility on the base, called Camp East Montana, of being “in violation of agency policies and standards, as well as statutory and constitutional protections”.

The advocates called for the immediate closure of the camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held in a complex of tents.

An ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on 8 August 2025. Photograph by Paul Ratje of Reuters
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