Congressman Wants Investigation Into Hemet Deportation

HEMET -A California congressman wants an investigation into how a Hemet man posed as a U.S. marshal to bypass airport security in San Diego and deport his cousin’s wife to the Philippines.

Rep. Darrell Issa sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano asking for documents related to the incident and to Transportation Security Administration policies.

Police say Greg Denny took his cousin’s wife Cherriebelle Hibbard to San Diego’s Lindberg Field and showed a fake badge to several TSA agents and was cleared to go past security with the woman. Hibbard then boarded a plane for the Philippines.

Denny was arrested three days later, but has not been charged.

Issa says TSA procedures are flawed.