The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday to get local perspectives on the border, while vice presidential candidate JD Vance toured the border
Witnesses are sworn in during the House Judiciary Committee hearing to discuss the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday in Santee, California. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing Friday to get local perspectives on what they have dubbed the “Biden-Harris border crisis in San Diego” — just as the party’s vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance, toured the U.S.-Mexico border near San Ysidro.
Speakers included the mayors of Vista and Santee, a local border security advocate, a Dulzura resident and the district attorney and the undersheriff of Riverside County — all people who either live or represent areas in Issa’s district of eastern San Diego County and portions of southern Riverside County.The testimony ranged from concerns about the rising number of fentanyl smuggled across the border to challenges related to unauthorized migration.
“We urgently need comprehensive and tough federal action and robust initiatives to address this issue effectively,” Hestrin said. The number of migrant encounters in the San Diego sector dropped nearly 40 percent in July from the previous month, per CBP data — a decrease attributed in part to President Joe Biden’s recent executive order restricting access to asylum. Still, the San Diego sector remained the busiest along the U.S.-Mexico border last month.
However, street releases have since stopped with the decrease in border crossings, and migrant shelters in the county have had the capacity to take in those who have been newly released.
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