WASHINGTON, D.C.- Among the first items on Rep. Mike Flood's agenda is a trip to Eagle Pass, Texas, a city on the U.S.-Mexico border that has become a popular destination for migrants entering the country. Flood will join House Speaker Mike Johnson and several other House Republicans there this week, where they seek to "focus the American people's attention on something that should be remedied, that everyone in the nation wants handled."

Flood's second trip to the border, his first trip being in 2022, comes as illegal border crossings into the United States reach record highs. Republicans have blamed this increase on President Joe Biden, who has even faced scrutiny from his own party. "Democrats are calling on President Biden to act as buses are showing up in Denver and Chicago and New York and all these major cities in America with folks that are crossing our southern border.

Pointing out an influx in fentanyl trafficking, Flood described the issue as having "turned every town in Nebraska into a border town." Despite the concerns of Nebraska's federal delegation, local businesses in the state have called on them to enact incremental immigration reform as a means to solve the state's pressing workforce shortage. Flood agrees with these sentiments, but argued that the first step in improving immigration is to secure the border.

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