Ohio's two senators say they will travel this weekend to the U.S.-Mexico border to visit detention facilities. Republican Senator Rob Portman says he will be in a bipartisan delegation heading to McAllen, Texas while Democrat Sherrod Brown said he would be in a separate group visiting a center in El Paso. Portman spoke last week about problems on the border while Brown held a similar talk in Cleveland.
Both Ohio Senators have put forth several proposals to help with the crisis, including adding additional federal resources and expanding the number of refugees allowed to seek asylum.