U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar is the first U.S. lawmaker to carryout an oversight visit inside the new East Montana ICE detention facility on Fort Bliss in El Paso.

Intentions to build the soft-sided facility were first announced in February 2025, and a spot was selected the following month.

It will be the largest facility in the U.S. once completed, holding up to 5,000 immigrants scheduled for removal.

The new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility on Fort Bliss is now open, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar said following the first visit to the massive facility.

Escobar, D-El Paso, discussed the conditions in the facility at a news conference after she spent more than two hours touring the East Montana Detention Facility on Monday, Aug. 18.

She described the facility as "massi

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