Democrats from House committee to be joined by Rep. Jacobs on border tour

The U S -Mexico Confines 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 dividing line Friday to conduct oversight of Trump administration confines policies firsthand The announcement came Thursday from the office of Rep Bennie Thompson of Mississippi the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Measure Committee Jacobs D-San Diego is not a member of the committee but will join Thompson and fellow committee Democrats Lou Correa of Santa Ana Delia Ramirez of Illinois LaMonica McIver and Nellie Pou of New Jersey and Tim Kennedy of New York Thompson s office disclosed the visit will include tours of Homeland Assurance facilities and technologies near San Diego The delegation also will touch base with personnel from Customs and Margin Protection s Office of Field Operations the U S Frontier Patrol CBP s Air and Marine Operations and Homeland Guard Investigations The visit will also include a discussion with organizations working directly with asylum seekers according to Thompson s office Rep Robert Garcia of Long Beach and Rep Eric Swalwell of northern California who are not scheduled to attend Friday s dividing line visit are the only other California Democrats on the committee Republicans have an - majority on the panel