Measles outbreak at El Paso ICE camp fuels push to shutter East Montana
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Measles has triggered an outbreak at the El Paso Camp East Montana ICE detention site, with at least 14 active cases and 112 detainees isolated as the facility is closed to visitors. Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar and other lawmakers are calling for the camp’s shuttering amid ongoing concerns about medical care and deteriorating conditions, linking the outbreak to broader criticism of detention practices and past infectious-disease incidents at the camp.
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- A large immigration detention camp in Texas is closed to visitors amid measles outbreak AP News
- El Paso ICE Camp East Montana under quarantine after measles outbreak El Paso Times
- Escobar: ICE sending sick migrants to El Paso hospitals for quarantine BorderReport
- Camp East Montana closed to visitors following measles outbreak, Rep. Veronica Escobar says KVIA
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