"Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman.
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"Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman.
El Paso’s U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar disclosed the infections after her Friday visit to Camp East Montana, the 5,000-bed tent facility the federal government hastily built last year on the Fort Bliss Army base."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/ice-facility-el-paso-tuberculosis/
#PublicHealth #immigration #ICE #detention #tuberculosis #covid #texas
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"Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman.
El Paso’s U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar disclosed the infections after her Friday visit to Camp East Montana, the 5,000-bed tent facility the federal government hastily built last year on the Fort Bliss Army base."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/ice-facility-el-paso-tuberculosis/
#PublicHealth #immigration #ICE #detention #tuberculosis #covid #texas
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"Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman.
El Paso’s U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar disclosed the infections after her Friday visit to Camp East Montana, the 5,000-bed tent facility the federal government hastily built last year on the Fort Bliss Army base."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/ice-facility-el-paso-tuberculosis/
#PublicHealth #immigration #ICE #detention #tuberculosis #covid #texas
> “There are no cases of tuberculosis at the El Paso ICE facility,” she said, offering no further details.
... because the people so diagnosed have been moved to another site / deported to El Salvador / shot and buried off-site.
The people have names; they should be traceable. That such information is kept hidden is a major problem.
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"Two cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 were recently identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to city officials and a Democratic congresswoman.
El Paso’s U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar disclosed the infections after her Friday visit to Camp East Montana, the 5,000-bed tent facility the federal government hastily built last year on the Fort Bliss Army base."
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/ice-facility-el-paso-tuberculosis/
#PublicHealth #immigration #ICE #detention #tuberculosis #covid #texas
@bicmay El Paso is having a helluva week
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@bicmay El Paso is having a helluva week
Seriously WTF
