Democratic lawmakers are looking to flip the script on their Republican colleagues over the southern border as GOP politicians face an increasingly steep battle to pass a new border security bill.

With a Democratic-controlled White House and Senate and a razor-thin Republican majority in the House, the only bills expected to make it through the process and become law are those that have bipartisan appeal. And as Republicans get distracted by intraparty feuding, Democrats are looking to increase their own standing on the border among voters.