Only half of the House Judiciary Committee will head down to the U.S.-Mexico border next week for a second hearing on the humanitarian crisis there and the fentanyl epidemic after Democrats refused to join Republicans.

Democrats announced Thursday that they would boycott a Republican-led trip to Arizona next week on the basis that they were not properly informed about the trip, but a video of the trip's announcement during a Feb. 1 hearing in Washington three weeks ago indicates that all members were informed.

"Before we adjourn, we want to inform all members about a [congressional delegation trip] our committee will be taking to the border on Feb. 22, 23, 24 — make the minority aware of that," Jordan said. "This hearing has made clear the problems that we — the real problems we see at our border and across our country, so we want to make sure that we get down to visit that area here later this month."

But only 15 Republicans on the GOP-led committee have said they'll visit Yuma, Arizona, on Feb. 23 for the panel's first in-person visit to the southern boundary after an initial hearing that took place in Washington at the start of the month.

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Democrats declared that they would not be joining Republicans because they viewed the hearing as political theater and said they also had not been informed of the trip in advance.

"Democrats, who have been to the border regularly the last few years, will not attend next week’s performative hearing," said House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee ranking member Pramila Jayapal (D-WA).

Republicans dismissed the excuse on Twitter, saying that "they're just scared to face the harsh realities" of the border crisis.

This second event comes three weeks after the committee held its first hearing on the border crisis, though no Border Patrol officials appeared before the committee.

“‘The Biden Border Crisis: Part II,’ will examine the Department of Homeland Security's operations at the southwest border and allow the Committee to hear testimony about the effects of illegal immigration on the Yuma community,” House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan said in a Friday statement.

In this second gathering, lawmakers once again will not hear from federal law enforcement, but focus on the effects that mass immigrant releases have had on the remote city of Yuma.

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Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Yuma Regional Medical Center’s President and CEO Dr. Robert Trenschel will appear at the meeting in City Hall.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said last November that border-related hearings would be held outside Washington so that members of both parties could gain a better understanding of the issue.