Harder Calls for Reforms After Visiting Stockton ICE Facility

Harder calls for reforms after visiting Stockton ICE facility

STOCKTON — Rep. Josh Harder, D-Tracy, is calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms after touring the agency’s Stockton facility Thursday morning.

Congressman Harder inspects ICE field office in Stockton

Congressman Josh Harder entered the fray over the conduct of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday as he led an oversight investigation Thursday of the ICE field office in Stockton.

Rep. Harder 'not satisfied' during visit to Stockton ICE facility

U.S. Rep. Josh Harder said he walked away frustrated by a Stockton immigration facility’s staffers’ “nonanswers” on its treatment of Central Valley immigrants, including its detention of dozens following routine appointments since late October.  The California representative, joined by three of his staffers, spent about an hour touring the first floor of the building in central Stockton. Afterward, he described holding cells barely large enough …