EXCLUSIVE: A senior Home Republican whose district borders Mexico is inviting Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, to come back see the disaster firsthand.
“Every year, for four years now, both before and after she was given the job of dealing with the border by finding and curing the root causes, I’ve invited her to come to the border. And one of the reasons was that obviously it was a border crisis practically from day one of the Biden administration,” Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., instructed Fox Information Digital in an interview.
“But also by year two, when she got this job from the president, she immediately implied that there were three countries that this was all coming from, or that those three countries were filled with people who were coming, you know, fleeing crime.”
Issa was referring to Harris being tapped to deal with the “root causes” of mass migration from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala – a task that’s earned her widespread criticism amongst Republicans because the migrant disaster continued to have an effect on cities throughout the nation.
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Rep. Darrell Issa is re-upping his request for Vice President Kamala Harris to tour the border in his district. (Getty Photographs)
The previous Home Oversight chairman instructed Fox Information Digital that from his expertise in his dwelling district, nonetheless, the migration drawback was extra widespread than simply these three international locations.
“I wanted her to come and see that, even then, we had a very diverse group of immigrants, coming more and more from other parts of the world, whether it was Romania or Russia, or all the parts of Asia,” Issa stated.
Issa stated he doesn’t anticipate Harris to take him up on his provide, citing his expertise together with her as then-junior senator from California when he served as director of the U.S. Commerce and Growth Company below the Trump administration.
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This picture reveals the border wall separating Mexico from the U.S. in San Diego Sector. (Fox Information)
“When I was a Trump appointee, she wouldn’t meet with me as a hometown senator. [Late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.,] did,” Issa stated. “She has never been somebody who took the time to cross the aisle and speak to senators or House members, even from their home state, even on state issues.”
The most up-to-date information present that border encounters fell to their lowest month-to-month quantity throughout Biden’s presidency in June, with slightly below 84,000 migrants encountered between factors of entry, after the president signed an government order proscribing most asylum claims when the seven-day common of unlawful crossings rises above 2,500.
However Republicans have argued that quantity continues to be too excessive, and continued responsible each Biden and Harris for situations of crime dedicated by unlawful immigrants towards People this 12 months.
“I have about 100 miles of the Mexican border, east of San Diego. What we see and hear is from law enforcement, the increased amount of border crime,” Issa stated.
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Trump operating mate Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, is touring a part of the border on Thursday. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photographs)
His newest invitation to Harris comes as Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, former President Trump’s operating mate, is anticipated to tour a part of the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Thursday.
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“Republicans don’t agree on everything, but we agree that government is already too big, the taxes are already too high. We believe that laws should be enforced, criminals should be punished, and that our border should be secure,” Issa stated. “Harris not coming sticks out like a sore thumb. J.D. coming is to be expected because … supporting national defense, including border defense, those are core tenets of our party.”
Fox Information Digital reached out to the Harris marketing campaign for remark however didn’t hear again by press time.
