Republican Reps. Michele Bachmann (R- MN) and Steve King (R -IA) traveled to the Mexican border after President Obama’s immigration announcement. CNN traveled along. Here’s what happened:
Roma, a border town known as common gateway for illegal crossings between Mexico and United States, is a place where immigrants regularly cross and seek asylum at a local church. Bachmann and King arrived to the edge of the border in a black SUV:
King has a specific solution to he country’s illegal immigration problem, which he communicated on the House floor with a 3-D model in 2006.
He then showed us blue print design mock- ups of his very own fence system that he brought down to the border with him:
King made his view on illegal immigration very clear:
While there, we also spotted a surveillance blimp, which the U.S. also uses in Iraq and Afghanistan:
After our day riding along the Mexican border, we had enchiladas and Margaritas at Palenque Grill in McAllen, TX: