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Pentagon Awards $1.26 Billion Contract for 5,000-Bed Tent Camp at Fort Bliss

The project forms part of a record $45 billion ICE expansion converting military bases into large-scale deportation hubs

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at the Nashville International Airport, Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
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Overview

  • The Department of Defense awarded Acquisition Logistics LLC a record $1.26 billion contract, including a $232 million upfront payment, to build and operate the nation’s largest 5,000-bed tent camp at Fort Bliss by September 2027.
  • Procurement documents classify the site as a soft-sided tent facility designed to leverage Fort Bliss’s on-base airport for expedited deportation flights.
  • Acquisition Logistics LLC enters the detention sector with no prior experience operating migrant facilities under a contract that vastly exceeds its past projects.
  • The One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s $45 billion funding boost is set to more than double ICE’s bed capacity to 100,000 and underpins this rapid expansion.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is advancing plans for similar tent camps at Camp Atterbury in Indiana and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey as part of the network.