It looks like Fort Bliss, TX is going to be used to house migrant detainees.
Folks my age will remember that Fort Chafee, AR was used in the early 80s to house detainees that came over during the Mariel boatlift out of Cuba. In the late 80s, For Polk housed a couple of hundred detainees for a short time. When I got there in 1990, the MPs on post were still talking about it. It was part of the near-term organizational memory.
As I recall, the MPs at Polk considered the Cubans to be a huge pain in the ass. I'm betting that the soldiers at Bliss will consider the new detainees likewise.
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