White House officials, lawmakers to visit border facility
By Brett Samuels - 03/24/21 08:50 AM EDT A group of White House officials and members of Congress will travel on Wednesday to a facility housing young migrants near the southern border and will be accompanied by a media member as the Biden administration faces pressure to provide transparency on the situation at the border.
The White House did not specify which officials will be traveling to the Carrizo Springs, Texas, facility run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement. But it said one network camera will be allowed into the facility to provide footage to the rest of the media.
"The Biden Administration is committed to transparency and will continue to work with agencies on creating avenues for media access and visibility at both Homeland Security and Health and Human Service facilities," the White House said in a statement. "Agencies will continue working to fulfill requests from Members of Congress for access to these facilities as well."
The administration has faced repeated questions in recent weeks over the lack of press access to the facilities where migrant children are being held as it grapples with a growing crisis at the border.
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