Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday as pressure mounts from Democrats and Republicans to respond better to the rising number of people who have attempted to enter the country illegally since President Biden took office.

DHS said Mayorkas will visit the city of El Paso in western Texas along with a bipartisan group of senators. Border officials will brief the group on its operations, including how they take people into custody, care for, and transfer or release families, as well as the thousands of children arriving without parents at the southern border each week.

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