Democrats from House committee to be joined by Rep. Jacobs on border tour
- A delegation of House Democratic lawmakers will visit the southern border on Friday to oversee the Trump administration's border policies, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS., who will lead the delegation.
- More than 100,000 illegal migrants have been deported since Trump returned to office on January 20, according to a Department of Homeland Security official cited by the New York Post.
- San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond criticized the timing, stating that border crossings are down 95% and questioned why Democrats want to visit now.
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Democrats’ Visit of Southern Border Is ‘Years Too Late,’ GOP Lawmaker Laments
A group of Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee is visiting the southern border Friday, a visit that “comes years too late,” according to Rep. Mark Green, the Republican chairman of the committee. “It’s no coincidence that committee Democrats are choosing to visit the border after President [Donald] Trump cleaned up the mess created by the Biden administration,” said Green, R-Tenn. The Democrat delegation is visiting the San Di…
Democrats from House committee to be joined by Rep. Jacobs on border tour
The U.S.-Mexico Border.(File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Rep. Sara Jacobs will be part of a Democratic delegation joining a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border Friday “to conduct oversight of Trump administration border policies firsthand.” The announcement came Thursday from the office of Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee. Jacobs, D-San Diego, is not a member of the commi…
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