ACLU and human rights groups document abuse at Fort Bliss detention center
Dec 8, 2025·Location: El Paso, TX
Country of origin: Cuba

The ACLU and human rights organizations released reports on 12/8/2025 documenting conditions at Fort Bliss, the largest immigration detention site in the U.S., specifically at Camp East Montana, a tent facility in El Paso. Based on interviews with over 45 detained immigrants and 16 sworn declarations, the reports detail physical abuse, sexual abuse by officers, medical neglect, and coercive deportations to third countries. Specific cases cited include a teenager beaten into unconsciousness and another who sustained a broken tooth and ear damage, a Cuban immigrant whose head was slammed against a wall, and Geraldo Lunas Campos, whose death in ICE custody at a nearby facility was ruled a homicide following reports an officer choked him.
Sources
- New York Times
- Fort Bliss Passes ICE Inspection Despite Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
ACLU·Dec 8, 2025·archived copy
- immigrantjustice.org
- “You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”
hrw.org·Jul 21, 2025·archived copy
- ACLU of Texas, Human Rights Groups Reveal Abusive and Sexual Contact, Other Inhumane Conditions at Detention Center at Fort Bliss in El Paso - ACLU of Texas
- Rights groups allege abuses at US Fort Bliss immigration detention facility
- US: Close Fort Bliss Immigration Detention Site
hrw.org·Dec 8, 2025·archived copy
- Human Rights Groups Urge ICE to End Immigration Detention at Fort Bliss Military Base, Halt Abusive Third-Country Deportations | American Civil Liberties Union
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