Skip to content

This Army base interned Japanese during WWII. Now it’ll be a concentration camp for migrant kids. This needs to stop | Will Bunch

Grim history of Oklahoma's Fort Sill is why it's already way past time to end concentration camps for migrants.

In this June 17, 2014 file photo, a vehicle drives by a sign at Scott Gate, one of the entrances to Fort Sill, in Fort Sill, Okla. The federal government has chosen Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma, as the location for a new temporary shelter to house migrant children.
In this June 17, 2014 file photo, a vehicle drives by a sign at Scott Gate, one of the entrances to Fort Sill, in Fort Sill, Okla. The federal government has chosen Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma, as the location for a new temporary shelter to house migrant children.Read moreSue Ogrocki / AP