House Democrats to head to U.S.-Mexico border in California to scrutinize Trump security policies

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-MS., the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, will lead the delegation. 

Also going will be Reps. Lou Correa and Sara Jacobs, both of California; Delia Ramirez of Illinois; LaMonica McIver and Nellie Pou, both of New Jersey; and Tim Kennedy of New York.

San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond, who has called for greater border security in the past, criticized the timing of the visit. 

"They should have been visiting when we had the southern invasion across our border and thousands of people coming across and there wasn't as much attention then," Desmond told Fox News Digital. "But I'm glad they're here now.

"It does seem like 'Where were you when we had so many people who were coming across before?" he added. "But I'm glad they're here now."

"He's doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!" a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) source told the outlet.

Fox News Digital's Michael Dorgan contributed to this report.