US EditionTrump Administration Again Restricts when Members of Congress Can Inspect ICE Facilities
DHS Secretary Noem’s memo requires seven days’ notice for visits to ICE facilities funded by the $45 billion One Big Beautiful Bill Act, blocking a recent congressional tour.
- The Department of Homeland Security has required members of Congress to provide advance notice before inspecting immigration detention facilities, bypassing a court order blocking such restrictions.
- Democratic Minnesota Representatives Ilhan Omar, Angie Craig and Kelly Morrison were denied entry into an ICE facility in Minneapolis recently.
- A federal memo cited that the new policy is needed to protect lawmakers, staff, detainees and employees, and to prevent publicity stunts that create a 'chaotic environment'.
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Dems clash with Noem over new limits on oversight visits to immigration facilities
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., arrive at the regional ICE headquarters at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lawmakers attempted to access the facility where the Department of Homeland Security has been headquartering operations in the state. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A dozen Democratic members of Congress Monday asked a federal …
Los Angeles Times
The Trump administration secretly reinstated a policy that limits Congressional members' access to immigration detention facilities one day after an immigration agent shot a woman in Minneapolis, lawyers for several Congressional Democrats reported Monday asking a federal judge to intervene.
Idaho Capital Sun
Democrats clash with Noem over new limits on oversight visits to immigration facilities
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, and Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., arrive at the regional ICE headquarters at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on Jan. 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The lawmakers attempted to access the facility where the Department of Homeland Security has been headquartering operations in the state. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — A dozen Democratic members of Congress Monday asked a federal …
Members of Congress Return to Court After Trump-Vance Administration Denies Access to Conduct Oversight of Immigration Detention Facilities
Twelve members of Congress have returned to federal court after the Trump-Vance administration secretly re-imposed a policy that blocks unannounced congressional oversight of federal immigration detention facilities. The members filed a motion urgently asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to order the administration to explain how this new policy is not a violation of federal law guaranteeing members of Congress the abilit…
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