Escobar Says Officials Blocked Interviews at ICE's Largest Detention Camp

Escobar Says Officials Blocked Interviews at ICE's Largest Detention Camp

Rep. Veronica Escobar, Democrat from El Paso, says federal officials barred her from interviewing detained immigrants during oversight at Camp East Montana. The 5,000-capacity tent camp at Fort Bliss is ICE's largest detention center; ICE handles immigration enforcement. She told the Guardian she requested surveillance footage of early-September disturbances but has not received it.

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