
First on CNN: Government watchdog launches review into troubled Fort Bliss facility for migrant children
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The Department of Health and Human Services' inspector general announced a review into the Fort Bliss facility for unaccompanied migrant children Monday amid whistleblower complaints of poor conditions at the site.
Over the spring, the Biden administration established more than a dozen emergency intake sites overseen by HHS to alleviate overcrowding at border facilities and accommodate a record number of unaccompanied migrant children. As of late July, only five emergency intake sites remain open, according to HHS. Among the largest of the sites is a facility at Fort Bliss, near El Paso, Texas, that has a potential capacity of up to 10,000 beds. Attorneys who previously visited the facility have likened it to "warehousing" hundreds of children. In a complaint filed last week, a whistleblower also said children told him "they felt like they were in prison."More Related News

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