El Paso, TX—Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Jerrold Nadler, Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary; Zoe Lofgren, Chairwoman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship; Pramila Jayapal, Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship; and Adriano Espaillat, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, this weekend traveled to the southern border as part of a delegation to examine the root causes of migration.

The members toured detention facilities in El Paso, where last week reports showed people being held in overcrowded conditions under a bridge. Chairmen Engel and Nadler said, “We are facing a true humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Border Patrol agents are doing what they can, but the facilities and conditions are inadequate and unacceptable. Read More

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