Jonathan Blitzer
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 14 Jul
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By the time Ray gets there in October, four of the five tents at Camp East Montana have been built.
And so there's still construction going on, but it's not as notable for him, say, as it was for someone who arrived there in August when it essentially was an open construction site.
I think that's exactly right.
And I think that's been the case all across all across the country.
And it's actually had a demonstrable effect on the rate at which people abandon cases.
And this is well beyond, say, Camp East Montana, although it's obviously especially true in Camp East Montana.
There was a woman who I'm sure we'll talk about named Lydia who was also detained at Camp East Montana who basically described that half of the women in her unit eventually agreed to their own deportation because they just couldn't stand the conditions anymore.
And that, of course, is true all across the country.
And
You know, different groups, Human Rights Watch has an excellent report documenting the rates at which people in the New York tri-state area, for instance, have abandoned their legal cases because the conditions where they're being held are so inhumane.
But that's very much the idea.
And one of the interesting kind of trends that you hear in talking to people who've been held in ICE detention is,
During the current administration is for all of the neglect, for all of the general mistreatment and for the general absence of, you know, ICE officers on the scene.
So, for example, at Camp East Montana, one of the strangest realities of being there is you're actually interacting most commonly with independent contractors who have different jobs because there are all these subcontractors providing different jobs.
services at the facility.
So actually speaking to someone who is an ICE official who can give you information about your case is difficult.
But the trend is that when those officials appear, they appear to do one thing.
It's to say to people, okay, who's ready to leave?
Who's ready to end this?
And it's very much part of the design of what the administration is doing.
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