Texas officials saluted the U.S. military’s bearing on the state’s economy this week, crediting the armed forces with a $123.6 billion financial impact and hundreds of thousands of jobs last year.

Both bases, Fort Bliss and Goodfellow Air Force Base, are in Texas. Located outside El Paso, Fort Bliss boasts over 965,000 acres and is home to the Army's 1st Armored Division.

Texas must be prepared to protect our military bases from closing. I have a plan to do that. Our state has a long and storied military history. For more than a century, Texans have had a prominent ...

Other Texas cities with a deep economic stake in military bases include Abilene, Corpus Christi, Del Rio, El Paso, Houston, Killeen, Kingsville, San Angelo, San Antonio, Texarkana and Wichita Falls.

U.S. defense officials said that the Trump administration has chosen two military bases in Texas -- Fort Bliss and Goodfellow Air Force Base -- to house detained migrants.

At least four military bases - three in Texas and a fourth in Arkansas - are being considered to house up to 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children.