U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) will tour a newly constructed migrant detention facility going up along Montana Avenue, located at Fort Bliss, later Monday. The facility, operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

Immigration agents will operate the new facility on the Army base. It is set to open Aug. 17, with an initial capacity for 1,000 people.

The Defense Department has begun construction on what officials claim will be the largest detention center for detained migrants in the United States.

The El Paso Times has obtained the first aerial images of the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility at Fort Bliss.

Pentagon announces construction of 5,000-bed migrant detention facility at Fort Bliss began in July, with initial 1,000-bed capacity by late August.

The Pentagon has confirmed plans to build the largest federal migrant detention center in U.S. history at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.

The El Paso Chamber sent a letter to lawmakers urging them not to move key El Paso assets out of U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar's district.