FORT McCOY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and a group of Democratic lawmakers are set to visit Fort McCoy to learn more about the process of hosting Afghan refugees.
As of Friday, more than 8,000 refugees were being housed at the Army installation in southwestern Wisconsin. It has the capacity to house as many as 13,000.
Baldwin is set to be joined by U.S. Reps. Ron Kind and Mark Pocan, state Sens. Brad Pfaff and Jeff Smith, and state Reps. Katrina Shankland, Jodi Emerson and Samba Baldeh.
The Democrats’ visit comes about two weeks after two separate groups of Republican lawmakers visited the fort. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson led a delegation there on Aug. 25, and Wisconsin’s five Republican representatives, including Mike Gallagher and Glenn Grothman, visited two days later.
