Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, bases her estimate on the experience at Fort Bliss in 2021, when the Army post became a pillar ... involved providing temporary housing, medical and mental health ...

The administration plans to evaluate the detentions at Fort Bliss over the next two months before expanding to other military bases, including Air Force bases near the border and across the country.

Fort Bliss could then serve as the model for as many as 10 other holding facilities on military bases nationwide, including Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey; Niagara Falls Air ...