Issa Conducts Border Tour for Regional Mayors

On December 21,Following a comprehensive tour of the San Diego region’s southern border alongside mayors and other local leaders representing San Diego and Riverside Counties, Congressman Issa (CA-48) released this statement:

“I convened a tour of our southern border for the mayors of our region because it is vital that everyone at all levels of government realize what is happening there.

“On his very first day in office, Joe Biden opened the nation’s borders and sent a message to the world that America’s immigration laws were essentially null and void. As a result, an estimated seven million illegals have crossed into our country, unprecedented child and human trafficking has occurred, and America is suffering the deadliest drug crisis in our history.

“Biden has also betrayed our border agents by not letting them do their jobs, denying them the tools they need, and even falsely accusing them of wrongdoing. We have so many outstanding men and women in the Border Patrol, but Biden doesn’t want them to stand guard and keep out those who would violate our laws. He wants them to be Uber drivers for illegal immigrants, taking them where they want to go.

“This Congress is now rising to the occasion, and Republicans are working together to hire new Border Patrol agents, enhance border enforcement technology, continue construction on border infrastructure, set our asylum laws right, and end the Biden policy of catch and release.

“My thanks to Mayor DeForest, Mayor White, Mayor Schwank, and Mayor Wells for joining me on this visit and asking the right questions. This is a fight we must win.”

ICYMI: ISSA IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Meets with Egypt’s Sisi, Tours Site of Hamas Terror Attacks in Israel

On January 5,  Congressman Darrell Issa was touring the Middle East as part of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation. He met directly with Egyptian President Sisi in Cairo and with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in Tel Aviv.

He also personally toured Kibbutz Nir Oz, which was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7. More than a quarter of Nir Oz’s 427 residents were either murdered or kidnapped.

The visit was featured on Fox News Channel.

The delegation is being led by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and includes Senator Ted Budd (R-NC), Representative Debbie Wasserman- Schultz (FL-25), Representative Ann Wagner (MO-02), Representative Don Norcross (NJ-01), Representative Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), and Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01).

Issa: Hunter Biden gave the American people the finger, but he will be held accountable

On January 10, following the House Judiciary Committee voted formally recommending to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) gave the following statement:

“We have an individual who not only ignored a lawfully issued subpoena but showed up to the Capitol and flipped the middle finger at the American people. Because of this, the House Judiciary Committee rightfully found Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress.

“The hope is when faced with the possibility of incarceration, he may actually come and answer our questions.

“Hunter Biden continues to run, but soon enough will have nowhere else to hide.

“This Congress will determine the degree to which Hunter Biden sold access to his father to rake in profits in his business dealings.”
Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 48th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and eastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, Poway, Temecula, Murrieta, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.