McCarthy to lead GOP delegation to the border as migrant numbers surge
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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, D-Calif., will on Monday lead a delegation to the southern border to assess the escalating crisis at the border -- as the Biden administration faces a dramatic spike in migrant numbers.
The trip comes as the Biden administration is moving to open a number of migrant facilities for families and unaccompanied children, just as the border is seeing a surge in both. A senior DHS official confirmed to Fox News that the number of migrant children in custody along the border has tripled in the past two weeks to more than 3,250 and that more than 1,360 have been held for longer than the allowed three days. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is expected to announced this week that there has been about 100,000 encounters at the border in February alone.More Related News