WATCH LIVE: Texas Sens. Cornyn, Cruz hold news conference to discuss public health at the border

News conference will be livestreamed in this article

FILE - In this June 15, 2021, file photo, a Border Patrol agent watches as a group of migrants walk across the Rio Grande on their way to turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas. A Justice Department attorney says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about treatment of children under a public health order that has prevented migrants from seeking asylum at U.S. borders. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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Two of Texas’ top Republican lawmakers will speak about public health on the U.S.-Mexico border during a news conference on Wednesday.

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Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn will give a news conference at 1 p.m. in Washington D.C., and it will be livestreamed in this article. Delays are possible; if there is not a livestream available, check back at a later time.

Sens. John Barrasso, R-WY, and Rob Portman, R-OH, will also be in attendance.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to issue a new health order this week regarding the treatment of migrant children. The current Trump-era order has prevented people from seeking asylum at the nation’s borders.

The new order will revise a Biden administration policy announced in February that exempts children crossing alone from the ban on asylum.

Read more: US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions


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