Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will visit El Paso and Columbus, N.M. on Wednesday as her agency works with local law enforcement to attempt to combat arms and cash smuggling and illegal immigration.
The visit was announced in a news release from the White House.
Napolitano, formerly the Arizona governor, will attend a news conference at the Bridge of the Americas in El Paso at noon. She will tour the Columbus port of entry at 2 p.m. and will tour the port of entry in Nogales, Ariz., at 4:45 p.m. New Mexico time (an hour earlier Arizona time).