Update on Fort Sill housing unaccompanied minors from Oklahoma senator

FILE – In this July 17, 2019, file photo, a United States Customs and Border Protection Officer checks the documents of migrants before being taken …

FILE – In this July 17, 2019, file photo, a United States Customs and Border Protection Officer checks the documents of migrants before being taken to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. On Wednesday, July 24, 2019, a federal judge in San Francisco will hear arguments in a challenge to the new Trump Administration policy that requires asylum-seekers who cross through a third country headed to the U.S. to first apply for protection in that other country. The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, Southern Poverty Law Center, and Center for Constitutional Rights as they seek a temporary restraining order to block the plan. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File

Posted: Jul 24, 2019 / 12:52 PM CDT

Updated: Jul 24, 2019 / 12:52 PM CDT

LAWTON (KFDX/KJTL) — Unaccompanied minors who have illegally entered the United States will not be staying at Fort Sill as originally announced, at least for the near future.

That is according to Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe and his staff.

His staff said Sen. Inhofe was told illegal border crossings have dropped and Department of Health and Human Services has sufficient space to house all unaccompanied minors without having to use Fort Sill as a temporary influx facility.

If conditions change, they say the congressional delegations and state officials will be given ample notice before children arrive.