Federal watchdog investigating Fort Bliss Army base housing migrant children

The Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) internal watchdog on Monday announced an investigation into federal employees' concerns about a tent camp in Texas housing unaccompanied migrant children in U.S. government custody.

Led by investigators at the department's Office of Inspector General, the probe is the first public government investigation into the emergency HHS housing site at Fort Bliss, the largest U.S. facility ever established to hold migrant children. The tent camp inside the Army base has come under withering criticism from advocates amid reports of subpar conditions, limited services, prolonged stays and mental health issues among boys and girls housed there.