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Fort Bliss detention center opens in Texas

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published August 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM EDT
An entrance to Fort Bliss is shown on June 25, 2018 in Fort Bliss, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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An entrance to Fort Bliss is shown on June 25, 2018 in Fort Bliss, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Thousands of migrants will soon be detained at a new facility at Fort Bliss in Texas, which opened on Sunday.

We get the latest from KTEP’s Angela Kocherga.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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