Republicans and Democrats send dueling delegations to US border

Republicans presented trip as expose of dire circumstances while Democrats sought to ensure children treated humanely'

Republicans and Democrats sent dueling delegations to the southern US border on Friday, in an attempt to frame perceptions of the Biden administration's immigration policy amid an uptick in recent weeks in border crossings by undocumented migrants.

A group of Republican senators led by Ted Cruz of Texas presented their trip as an expose of dire circumstances, with Cruz sharing video of himself on Thursday night standing in darkness next to the Rio Grande river and falsely warning about a flood" of human smuggling.