nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2 1TXN|||House GOP Leader Heads To Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children.

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House GOP Leader Heads To Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills






House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference about U.S.-Mexico border policy outside the Capitol on Thursday. McCarthy leads a delegation to the border on Monday.



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House GOP Leader Heads To Southern Border As Democrats Ready Immigration Bills



Kevin McCarthy's trip comes amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border, especially unaccompanied children.