This will be Kevin McCarthy's first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since his election as speaker. Juan Ciscomani and three other freshman lawmakers will accompany him.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he'll continue talks with President Joe Biden on the debt ceiling dilemma before a default deadline as early as June.Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, will travel to the Arizona border Thursday.
McCarthy, R-Calif., will visit Cochise County and meet with border agents, as well as local law enforcement and residents, according to C.J. Karamargin, the district director for Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz., whose district covers Cochise County. Ciscomani is the freshman House member from southern Arizona who delivered the Spanish-language response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech last week. In addition, three other Republican freshman lawmakers will join McCarthy on the visit. They are Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer , Jen Kiggans and Derrick Van Orden .
Conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of asylum-seeking migrants have turned up in record numbers over much of the past year, continues to be political fodder, particularly for Republicans.
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