‘Unbelievably inhumane’: U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison visits troubled Texas detention center

By: Max Nesterak

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: March 25, 2026

Words: 782

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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U.S. Rep. Kelly Morrison traveled to a sprawling immigrant detention center on the outskirts of El Paso on Monday for an unannounced oversight visit of the facility where many people were transferred after being detained in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge.

Detainees, their attorneys and journalists have reported dangerous and squalid conditions at Camp East Montana, the nation’s largest immigrant detention center, which was hastily constructed last summer to meet the Trump administration’s rapacious demand …

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