CBS 11 asked both Veasey and Cornyn if there could be bipartisan legislation that's passed in Congress following this tragedy.
Federal statistics show there were a record number of people who crossed the southern border last month: nearly 240,000.
Senator Cornyn said last year, he filed a bipartisan bill that would have established new processing centers in high traffic border patrol sectors, given ICE and Border Patrol more resources, and deterred illegal migration. We spoke with Senator Cornyn just days after the bipartisan gun safety legislation he negotiated passed both the Senate and House and President Biden signed it.
As he and other Senate Republicans negotiated with Senate Democrats on a bill, Cornyn went to Houston to address the Texas Republican Party Convention.