‘Unsafe’ conditions at Texas ICE facility put immigrants at risk of injury or death, lawsuit says

Court filing alleges physical abuse by guards', filthy living conditions' and disease outbreaks at Camp East Montana

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Attorneys and experts are raising the alarm that immigrants at Camp East Montana, the sprawling desert detention camp on the Fort Bliss military base in west Texas, face a risk of serious injury or death because of ongoing, extreme health and safety hazards there, according to a fresh court filing, the Guardian can reveal.

The allegedly dangerous conditions persist at the tent jail, the largest immigration detention facility in the US, despite regular reports from inside and outside the federal government that it has violated dozens of official standards since it opened last year.