A delegation of local leaders will head to the southern border this week without Mayor Brandon Johnson, his office said on Monday.
Johnson's administration is coordinating a small delegation of city, state, faith and philanthropic leaders, led by Deputy Mayor of Immigrant, Migrant, and Refugee Rights Beatriz Ponce de Leon, to visit the southern border this week beginning Tuesday.
The delegation will travel to El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen and Brownsville, which, Johnson's office said, comprise the primary points of departure for migrants traveling from Texas to Chicago by bus and plane.
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