{"id":199275,"date":"2026-03-11T02:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199275\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T02:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T02:59:08","slug":"exclusive-ice-says-el-paso-detention-facility-will-stay-open-under-new-contractor-after-1-2b-deal-scrapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/199275\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: ICE says El Paso detention facility will stay open under new contractor after $1.2B deal scrapped"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u201cCamp East Montana is NOT closing, quite the opposite,\u201d an ICE spokesperson exclusively told Fox News Digital Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cRather, 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.\u201d<\/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 \u201chighest detention standards\u201d while expanding oversight.<\/p>\n

According to ICE, the new contractor will also provide increased on-site medical care<\/a>, additional staffing and a \u201cPRECISE quality assurance surveillance plan.\u201d<\/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

\u201cFar from closing, Camp East Montana is upgrading,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

FOUR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LINKED TO MS-13 INDICTED FOR ALLEGEDLY MURDERING 14-YEAR-OLD BOY IN MARYLAND PARK<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas will remain open and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-199275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199275","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=199275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}