Unaccompanied children arriving at US-Mexico border could be housed at two bases in Texas

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Unaccompanied children arriving at US-Mexico border could be housed at two bases in Texas
Meghann Myers
 

The Defense Department on Tuesday received a written request for assistance from the Health and Human Services Department to help temporarily house an influx of children fleeing Central America arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Joint Base San Antonio and Fort Bliss, Texas, have been tapped to accommodate them, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

“We have just received this request, so I don’t have much more detail than that,” he said. “We will analyze it and evaluate it just like we would any other request for assistance, and we’ll keep you posted as we know more.”

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/03/23/unaccompanied-children-arriving-at-us-mexico-border-could-be-housed-at-two-bases-in-texas/