U.S. officials probing conditions faced by migrant children held at Fort Bliss army base

The Biden administration is investigating conditions faced by hundreds of migrant children held by the U.S. government at a military installation in Texas, White House officials said Friday.

Symone Sanders, a spokesperson for the vice president, told reporters that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris instructed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to conduct a "thorough investigation" into conditions at the tent camp inside the Fort Bliss U.S. Army base holding unaccompanied migrant minors.

CBS News reported this week that migrant children housed at Fort Bliss —...