Alabama congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson will tour the U.S. border with Mexico in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, ride with officers on patrol, and receive a briefing on illegal immigrant crossings, her campaign announced.

Dobson, an attorney in Montgomery, is the Republican nominee in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd District. She faces Democratic nominee Shomari Figures of Mobile, an attorney who worked in the Obama administration and in the Justice Department under the Biden administration.

In a press release, the Dobson campaign said the Biden administration has opened the border to allow illegal immigrants, dangerous drugs like fentanyl, and possibly terrorists into the country.

“I know that in order to understand, fix, and secure our open border, you must visit it, witness the problem firsthand, and work with those on the ground to secure it,” Dobson said.

Dobson will tour the border with Congressman Tony Gonzales of Texas, a Republican who represents the 23rd District, which includes roughly 800 miles of the border.

Dobson and Figures will participate in a live online debate in October that will be broadcast on AL.com as well as AL.com’s Facebook and YouTube channels.

The election is Nov. 5.