A new report says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement wasted millions of dollars and endangered detainees held at Camp East Montana, a large immigration detention facility in Texas that opened last year, according to NPR.
The findings are drawing fresh attention to a site that’s been under scrutiny since it first took in detainees. Immigration lawyers and rights advocates raised alarms about conditions inside Camp East Montana not long after it opened – and the new report suggests those concerns weren’t unfounded.
NPR reported the story Tuesday, June 10, 2026. The report doesn’t specify the exact dollar figure wasted or detail every safety failure, but the characterization of endangered detainees goes beyond the procedural complaints advocates had lodged earlier.
Camp East Montana sits in Texas. Despite the name, it has no connection to the state of Montana. The facility’s name has caused confusion since it opened.
What specific conditions prompted the waste and endangerment findings – and whether ICE has taken any corrective steps – hadn’t been detailed in the available information as of Tuesday evening. ICE hadn’t issued a public response to the report’s conclusions.
Reporting by NPR. Read the original report.
