House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Cuellar Visit Southern Border After GOP Visit

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) talk to reporters during his weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington on Feb. 9, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) visited Cuellar’s home district in Loredo, Texas today, to tour the border a day after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy led a Republican delegation to the border in Arizona.

The pair of Democratic lawmakers held a press conference on Friday afternoon, following an initial meeting with local officials and stakeholders.