Bipartisan group of 8 senators to visit border after Biden's first visit to tackle 'Washington's failure'
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A group of eight senators from both parties will visit the southern border next week amid calls for Congress to act in response to the years-long migrant crisis.
Also on the trip will be Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Thom Tillis, R-N.C., James Lankford R-Okla., Chris Coons, D-Del., Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, and Chris Murphy, D-Conn. According to a release, they will travel to El Paso, Texas, which Biden will also visit on his trip to the border on Sunday. The senators will also visit Yuma, Arizona, where they will meet with Border Patrol agents and hear from local law enforcement and community leaders, as well as representatives of non-profits. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
There were more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in FY 2021 and over 2.3 million in FY22. So far, the first two months of FY 2023 have outpaced the first two months of the prior fiscal year, suggesting that the crisis at the border is only deepening in President Biden's third year in office. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.