Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced that a party of eight U.S. Senators—three Democrat, four Republican, and one Independent—will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in El-Paso, Texas, to observe first hand what Sinema called “Washington’s failure.”
Those joining them Monday and Tuesday will be Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.).
First on the agenda is a roundtable discussion with El Paso City officials, law enforcement officials, local non-profit organizations providing migrant care, businesses and others, CBS reported. The meeting will take place in a temporary Emergency Migrant Operations Facility set up in a shuttered middle school….