EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Editor's note: The map and the location previously attached to this web article were incorrect. The map showed a development for an unrelated project.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed new detention centers will open in El Paso County, near Clint, but they're not ready to announce them.

This comes after sources said the federal government had purchased warehouses off I-10 near Clint.

KFOX14/CBS4 reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, and an ICE spokesperson appears to confirmed the information without revealing any details.

First, ICE said that the new facilities won't be warehouses but "very well structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards."

ICE then stressed that no one should be surprised by this development, as ICE agents "will be making arrests in states across the U.S. and [are] actively working to expand detention space."

It appears, however, that ICE is not ready to formally announce these centers as the statement ended with, "We have no new detention centers to announce at this time."

Below is ICE's full statement:

These will not be warehouses — they will be very well-structured detention facilities meeting our regular detention standards. Every day, DHS is conducting law enforcement activities across the country to keep Americans safe. It should not come as news that ICE will be making arrests in states across the U.S. and is actively working to expand detention space.

ICE is targeting the worst of the worst including murderers, rapists, criminals, gang members and more. 70% of ICE arrests are of illegal aliens charged or convicted of a crime in the U.S. Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE has new funding to expand detention space to keep these criminals off American streets before they are removed for good from our communities. We have no new detention centers to announce at this time.

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Site of new immigration detention facility on Fort Bliss (credit: KFOX14/CBS4)

Recently, Camp East Montana, the largest migrant detention center in the country, located inside Fort Bliss, has been under fire by some political leaders and migrant advocates after three migrant deaths were reported in the facility and people have decried inhumane conditions.

El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar said she has been "sounding the alarm about Camp East Montana, a $1.24 billion privately operated immigration detention facility funded by American taxpayers since it opened. Among the consistent concerns from detainees has been the lack of access to necessary medication, retaliation, and a number of other issues."

In a statement emailed to KFOX14/CBS4 about the new ICE detention centers, Escobar said:

A private corporation received nearly $30 million through a no-bid federal contract to help design more detention space, including another facility in El Paso. Donald Trump and Republicans have been using American taxpayer funds to enrich these private corporations that are responsible for Trump’s mass deportation efforts, including the corporation operating Camp East Montana that limits adequate oversight, has become increasingly fatal, and does not meet minimum standards for detaining human beings.

She added, "The existing facilities need to be shut down - not proliferated. The $170 billion in funding for these corporate-run tent cities comes from the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill.’ This Republican law cut healthcare and nutrition programs for hard-working Americans in order to give the wealthiest Americans massive tax breaks and fund these tent cities and the gestapo-like tactics we are seeing across the country that target U.S. citizens and legal residents."

According to Escobar's office, the new detention centers will be located in three buildings at 1465-1485 Eastwind Ave.

Commissioner Iliana Holguin provided the following statement:

"I am very disappointed to learn of the federal government's plan to build a massive new ICE detention facility in the Clint area of El Paso County. This facility will potentially house 8,500 individuals, meaning that the facility will basically have the population of a small city. Our region's natural resources are already very strained. The federal government should be investing in current infrastructure needs, not building a facility that will further strain our water and energy resources. I do not believe that El Pasoans would support the building of this facility, especially in light of the disturbing reports about the conditions at the detention facility located on Fort Bliss, and I hope that the residents of El Paso make their voices heard by contacting their federal senators and representatives."

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Meanwhile, DHS has repeatedly denied allegations of inhumane conditions, calling them "fearmongering clickbait."

The written statement DHS repeatedly uses to respond to all accusations reads as follows:

No lawbreakers in the history of human civilization have been treated better than illegal aliens in the United States. Get a grip.

On Jan. 14, Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, was pronounced dead after Camp personnel found him unresponsive.

ICE stated it presumed the death was a suicide; the official cause is still under investigation.

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On Jan. 3, Cuban migrant Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died in Camp East Montana.

According to a report by The Washington Post, Campos' death might be ruled a homicide; the official results from the medical examiner's office have yet to be released.

Meanwhile, DHS said Campos died after a struggle with staff during a suicide intervention.

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On Dec. 3, 2025, the first death was reported when Francisco Gaspar-Andres, 48, died of liver and kidney failure.

This story has been updated to include the location of the new detention centers according to Escobar's office.

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