{"id":199261,"date":"2026-03-11T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199261\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:46:08","slug":"ice-says-camp-east-montana-detention-facility-staying-open-not-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199261\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE says Camp East Montana detention facility staying open, not closing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas<\/a> will remain open and is undergoing an operational upgrade, Fox News Digital has learned.<\/p>\n

“Camp East Montana is NOT closing, quite the opposite,” an ICE spokesperson exclusively told Fox News Digital Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Rather, ICE has contracted with a new provider following Secretary Noem\u2019s termination of the old contract inherited from the Department of War. ICE is always looking at ways to improve our detention facilities<\/a> to ensure we are providing the best care to illegal aliens in our custody.”<\/p>\n

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Camp East Montana is photographed Friday, March 6, 2026, in El Paso, Texas. (Omar Ornelas\/El Paso Times \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

BLUE-STATE GOVERNORS MOVE TO KEEP HEAT ON NOEM AS DHS FIRES BACK<\/a><\/p>\n

The spokesperson said the new contract will allow the facility to maintain what the agency described as the “highest detention standards” while expanding oversight.<\/p>\n

According to ICE, the new contractor will also provide increased on-site medical care<\/a>, additional staffing and a “PRECISE quality assurance surveillance plan.”<\/p>\n

The agency said the updated agreement also strengthens ICE\u2019s direct oversight of operations<\/a> at the El Paso-area facility.<\/p>\n

“Far from closing, Camp East Montana is upgrading,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

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El Paso immigration facility faces scrutiny but ICE says Camp East Montana is upgrading, not closing, after the $1.2 billion contract termination. (Omar Ornelas\/El Paso Times \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

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The news that the facility will remain open comes after The Washington Post reported<\/a> that the facility could face closure amid scrutiny<\/a> over operations.<\/p>\n

A document was distributed to ICE staff, the Post reports, indicated that the agency was drafting a letter to terminate the facility\u2019s $1.2 billion contract<\/a> at an unspecified date.<\/p>\n

ICE officials, however, characterized the contract termination as a deliberate effort by Noem to raise standards and improve services.<\/p>\n

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The facility, located at Fort Bliss in Texas, has been used to house thousands of detainees as part of the Trump administration\u2019s immigration enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n

ICE did not immediately provide details on the identity of the new contractor or the timeline for full implementation.<\/p>\n

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Camp East Montana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,2946,7770,1724,27],"class_list":["post-199261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-homeland-security","tag-illegal-immigrants","tag-immigration","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}