EL PASO, Texas —

Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is set to become the largest migrant detention center in the United States, with plans to hold 5,000 migrants lacking permanent legal status by 2027. This investment has drawn criticism from advocacy groups over potential human rights violations.

"They say everything is bigger in Texas," Samantha Singleton, policy director for the Border Network for Human Rights, said. " Sadly, that includes the scale of civil and human rights violations our communities have to endure."

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The estimated cost of the detention center is $1.26 billion, covering areas in El Paso, Texas, as well as Otero and Dona Ana counties in New Mexico. The military base has a historical precedent, having stationed internmen

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