WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) on Wednesday issued the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would be going to the El Paso sector of the southern border. Congressman Gonzales’ district encompasses over 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, over 40 percent of the total southern border.

“I have been urging the Vice President for months to come to my district to see the border crisis firsthand,” said Congressman Gonzales. “Three months overdue, but here’s what she will see: Record number of apprehensions, counties pleading for more body bags, rising crime in our communities, and border patrol agents stretched to a breaking point. We need the Administration to finally take this seriously, and I will continue to urge them to come to the table and support any efforts to secure our border. Each day they refuse to act, migrants are dying on this dangerous trek.”