A bipartisan group of Congress members called the Problem Solvers Caucus is leading a visit to the Southern border today.

Among them is caucus co-chair and Southern Tier Republican Tom Reed. He said members will be sitting together and continuing discussions about potential solutions Democrats and Republicans can both consider a win.

“I believe it will be the largest bipartisan contingency of Democrats in the House of Representatives traveling together to the border to see first hand the crisis that is there,” Reed said. “I think the best policy you can develop is by experiencing the situation firsthand when you can and so this is an opportunity I wanted to seize.”

Late last month, Congress approved about $4.5 billion in emergency border money aimed at alleviating overcrowded migrant detention centers.

“I’m looking forward to talking to folks on the front line about what could be done to alleviate the immediate crisis even more so than the humanitarian aid that we shepherded through the system here two weeks ago and then also, what can we do long-term to fix our broken immigration policy in America so that we don’t have these crises continuing at the border,” Reed said.

“Even when they’re taken care of in the short-term, if we don’t fix the root cause of the problem, our broken immigration policy, we’re going to be right back into this situation again.”

Members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, including Reed, are holding media availability in Texas Friday evening.