EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – What will soon become the largest immigration detention facility in the United States is now up and running at Fort Bliss, Texas.

The $1.24 billion East Montana Detention Facility in Far East El Paso opened on Sunday and already is holding 1,000 individuals, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said on Monday.

The El Paso Democrat held a news conference just outside what she described as a “massive tent city” to question federal spending she says could be better utilized to improve quality of life in her community. She also disputed recent statements by fellow federal lawmakers that all the detainees are migrants with either criminal records or final deportation orders.

“No, Donald Trump’s massive deportation plan is not targeting the worst of the worst.

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