HIDALGO, Texas — Democrats and Republicans from southern border states called on the Biden administration to adapt their proposals for quickly handling asylum claims and preventing migrants from being released into the U.S. interior as the migration crisis continues to worsen.

The bicameral group of lawmakers, Sens. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, and Kyrsten Sinema, an Arizona Democrat, as well as Texas Reps. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat, and Tony Gonzales, a Republican, gathered at the international bridge between Reynosa, Mexico, and Hidalgo, Texas, Wednesday, calling the White House to do more amid Republicans’ criticism that Vice President Kamala Harris is failing to stem the rising flow of migrants.