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HHS Watchdog to Probe Reports of Dire Conditions at Migrant Youth Detention Camp 

HeadlineAug 03, 2021

In Texas, the inspector general for the Department of Health and Human Services is launching an investigation into allegations of unsafe conditions at Fort Bliss, a military base used by the Biden administration to detain thousands of unaccompanied migrant children. The probe comes after two whistleblowers last week warned about the dire and filthy conditions at the tent camp, saying children are also facing inadequate mental and health care. 

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