WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) announced today that, pending the Senate work schedule, he plans to participate in an official bipartisan, bicameral Congressional delegation visit to the southwest border later this week.

The trip, organized and led by his colleague U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, will include visits to the U.S. Border Patrol’s McAllen Station in South Texas and Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio where tens of thousands of unaccompanied children from Central America have been housed since crossing the U.S. border.

The complete list of members slated to travel to the border region is as follows:

Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)

Senator Angus King (I-ME)

Senator John Cornyn (R-TX)

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY)

Senator John Boozman (R-AR)

Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE)

Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND)

Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD-5)

Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL-4)           

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-25) 

Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY-16)            

Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX-33)         

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