Trump administration selects Fort Bliss, Goodfellow AFB to house immigrant detainees

U.S. defense officials say the Trump administration has chosen two military bases in Texas to house detained migrants.

The officials identified the posts as Fort Bliss and Goodfellow Air Force Base and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record about a pending announcement.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis had said on Sunday that two bases had been selected but he would not identify them.

One official said unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S. border would be sheltered at one of the bases and the other base would house families of migrant detainees.

Under the arrangement, the Defense Department would provide the land but the operations would be run by other agencies.