Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

A small Virginia company with no track record in detention facilities has been awarded a mammoth $1.2 billion contract to build what is projected to be the nation’s largest immigration detention complex. The camp, planned for the Texas desert, raises a host of questions about government oversight and transparency.

Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

What detainees say about legal rights inside “Alligator Alcatraz”

A federal judge is scrutinizing whether immigrants held at a temporary detention center deep in the Florida Everglades—nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz”—are being denied their legal rights. CBS News correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports that detainees say access to justice inside the facility is far from assured.

What detainees say about legal rights inside “Alligator Alcatraz”