Rep. Jason Crow

Rep. Jason Crow

Twelve House Democrats sue Trump administration for blocking detention facility oversight

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Twelve Democratic members of Congress filed suit in federal court after being systematically denied access to ICE detention facilities nationwide. The lawsuit challenges DHS’s new policy requiring seven-day advance notice for visits and blocking all access to ICE field offices, which violates …

Rep. Joe Neguse (CO) Rep. Jason Crow Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) Rep. Dan Goldman (NY) Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS) +9 more congressional-oversight ice-detention rule-of-law constitutional-crisis transparency-failure
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ICE blocks members of Congress from detention facilities, violating oversight law

| Importance: 8/10

ICE denied multiple members of Congress access to immigration detention facilities across the country, including Rep. Jason Crow at Aurora, Colorado and six Maryland Democrats at Baltimore’s Fallon Federal Building. Despite a 2019 law guaranteeing congressional access for oversight, ICE …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Department of Homeland Security Rep. Jason Crow Sen. Chris Van Hollen Sen. Angela Alsobrooks +5 more congressional-oversight ice-detention transparency-failure rule-of-law immigration-enforcement
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