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Biden: Fort Bliss may house about 5,000 unaccompanied minors

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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will take steps to more quickly move hundreds of migrant children and teens out of cramped detention facilities along the Southwest border, President Joe Biden said Thursday as he pushed back against suggestions that his administration’s policies are responsible for the rising number of people seeking to cross into the country. Bidn was pressed repeatedly on the situation at the border at his first news conference since taking office. He cited a series of measures such as opening space at Fort Bliss for about 5,000 unaccompanied minors, to address the issue. But he also sought to portray the rise in migrants as little different from seasonal increases in the past.