introduced legislation to prevent migrants from being housed on military bases located in the United States by prohibiting the use of federal funds to facilitate such shelter
Prohibit migrants from being housed on U.S. military bases by barring federal funds from facilitating such shelter.
Occurrences
Evidence
GAO found that the Army and ICE opened Camp East Montana on Fort Bliss in August 2025, that the facility held about 1,600 detained noncitizens at the end of February 2026, and that it did not meet key detention standards. The report also says DHS agreed to keep the facility operating under a new contractor.
The lawsuit says Camp East Montana is a sprawling tent camp on El Paso's Fort Bliss military base where the federal government has confined immigrants since last August, and alleges dangerous, abusive, and unsanitary conditions.
The article says Trump signed a new law that gives DHS roughly $70bn more, including $38bn to ICE and $26bn to CBP, with critics saying the law lacks accountability and guardrails.
Assessments
The promised outcome was not delivered. As of June 2026, migrants were still being housed on Fort Bliss through Camp East Montana, and federal funds were still supporting that operation. The evidence points in the opposite direction of the pledge: the facility remained open, DHS continued it under a new contractor, and federal immigration funding expanded rather than being barred from facilitating such shelter. There is no evidence here that John R. Carter secured enactment of a funding prohibition or otherwise achieved the promised policy change during the relevant term.