John McCain, Other Senators To Tour Mexico Border

By Cristina Silva, Associated Press/Huffington Post

A group of U.S. senators who will be influential in shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package is traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to get a firsthand look at issues affecting the region.

Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona were expected to tour the border Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado. They are all members of the so-called Gang of Eight – a bipartisan group that has spent recent weeks trying to craft proposed immigration legislation.

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