The feds will be able to hold up to 5,000 illegal immigrants at a time at Fort Bliss Army base in El Paso, Texas, to meet the demands of the rapidly expanding Trump administration’s deportation campaign, Bloomberg reported. The massive spending bill will double Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention capacity, with the goal of holding 100,000 illegal immigrants at a time as the Trump administration seeks to carry out 1 million deportations each year. ICE opened “Alligator Alcatraz,” a tent detention center erected by the state of Florida in the middle of the alligator-infested swampland of the Everglades, earlier this month.
Author: Jennie Taer
Published at: 2025-07-23 21:41:26
Still want to read the full version? Full article
