Updated at 12:13 p.m. ET
The Pentagon will build tent camps at two U.S. military bases to house people who cross the southern border illegally, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday.
The defense chief did not give details about which bases would contain the temporary camps. However, NPR’s Tom Bowman reports that the two military bases are in Texas.
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