Measles outbreak prompts containment at ICE’s largest Texas detention site

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ICE confirmed at least 14 measles cases at Camp East Montana in El Paso, the agency’s largest detention facility, with infected detainees cohorted and isolated and the site closed to visitors as health authorities monitor containment. The outbreak comes amid scrutiny over the facility and its contractor, Acquisition Logistics LLC, and after three detainees have died in custody since Camp East Montana opened; lawmakers have called for the camp to be shut down and for an investigation into the contractor.
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- 14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp as Democrats call for its shuttering The Texas Tribune
- 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 WAVY.com
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