EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — According to The Washington Post, the largest immigration detention facility in the country, Camp East Montana, located in Fort Bliss, is planning to close.

The report states that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to close the $1.24 billion immigration detention center in El Paso.

The Washington Post attributed the information to an internal ICE document that they said shows that the agency is working on a letter to end the detention center’s contract with Acquisition Logistics LLC.

However, the document does not list a reason or a timeline for the closure.

In an emailed statement to KFOX14/CBS4, Lauren Bis, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said that DHS is evaluating Camp East Montana to make sure that it is meeting standards, and that “no decisions have been made related to contract extension, termination, or award.”

“ICE is always looking at ways to improve our detention facilities to ensure we are providing the best care to illegal aliens in our custody. The contract for Camp East Montana was inherited from the Department of War. DHS undergoes rigorous audits and inspections of our facilities to ensure they are meeting our high standards. DHS is reviewing this facility and contract. No decisions have been made related to contract extension, termination, or award,” Bis said.

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In response to the report, El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said she will continue to fight President Donald Trump’s administration for what she called the dehumanization of immigrants and the waste of taxpayers’ money.

Below is Escobar’s full statement: The Trump administration has used El Paso as ground zero for its sick, twisted immigration enforcement policies for years, and Camp East Montana is no different. It represents the epitome of fraud, waste, abuse, and the exploitation of human suffering at the hands of private prison corporations and the Trump administration.Camp East Montana should have never opened. The $1.24 billion cost for this facility could have been used for healthcare, nutrition programs, and a litany of other things to improve our society and our country. Instead, it promoted the dehumanization of immigrants and lined the pockets of a corrupt, incompetent private prison corporation.While reports of its closure are cause for a sigh of relief, it does not mean an end to my determination to seek accountability, both for Acquisition Logistics and DHS. It also does not mean the Trump administration will not continue to exploit El Paso for their immigration enforcement purposes – including with the administration’s purchase of warehouses in Socorro. Our community must remain vigilant and committed to the continued fight while rejoicing that this dark chapter is over.

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This report comes after it has been reported that lawyers had been turned away and barred from seeing their clients detained at the facility, that it was under quarantine because of a measles outbreak, the deaths of three detainees and reports of unsanitary and inhumane conditions.

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