ICYMI: Campa-Najjar Calls to Weaken ICE Amid Crime Threats
In case you missed it, Ammar Campa-Najjar was caught on video saying the quiet part out loud, declaring that if elected to Congress, he would look at ICE and the Department of Homeland Security and push to “pare it down, not pare it up.”
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Campa-Najjar Caught on Video: ‘Pare Down’ ICE Enforcement as Criminals Threaten Americans
The California Globe
Katy Grimes
January 16, 2026
Ammar Campa-Najjar is running for Congress again, and once again, against Rep. Darrell Issa.
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Ammar Campa-Najjar’s partner is Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and part of the Congressional Progressive Caucus hawking far-left policies – abortion, single-payer government health care (Medicare for All) and radical Climate Change policies including a zero-carbon economy by 2030.
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Now, new video shows that on November 18, 2025, Ammar Campa-Najjar attended a CA-48 Candidate forum in San Diego where he said the quiet part out loud, declaring that if elected to Congress he would look at ICE and the Department of Homeland Security and push to “pare it down, not pare it up.”
Campa-Najjar argued that there’s a “strong argument to be made that they’re doing a lot more than they should be doing.” He added, “It’s what I believe.”
“Out of touch Democrat Ammar Campa-Najjar is openly calling to weaken ICE and shrink border enforcement to satisfy a radical vendetta against law enforcement, and he doesn’t care how many Californians are put at risk in the process. This isn’t a gaffe, it’s Campa-Najjar’s ideology.” – Christian Martinez NRCC spokesman.
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There are currently 12 Democrats running against Congressman Issa, including the multi-loser Ammar Campa-Najjar, who lost to Darrell Issa in 2020 by 8% (just over 28.5K votes) in the general election, as the Globe reported.
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The self-described Latino Arab-American lost runs for Congress in 2018 and 2022.
How the terrorist’s son Yasser al-Najjar managed to enter the United States is a matter of some mystery.”
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