On the Border in Eagle Pass, Texas

Earlier this week, I saw a family of migrants wade across the frigid Rio Grande from Mexico into Eagle Pass, Texas, just as Speaker Mike Johnson held a press conference on the riverbank.

The family was part of a surge of migrants crossing the border illegally in recent months in what members of Congress call a crisis.

Speaker Johnson and more than 60 House Republicans traveled to the border to make their case for tighter border restrictions in exchange for aid to Ukraine.

Law enforcement officers on airboats help people in the river, shouting instructions in Spanish. The roaring boats also deter migrants from crossing.

After asylum seekers turn themselves in to officers at the border, they are taken to immigration processing centers. From there, they are often released to private shelters and then make their way to other parts of the country.