U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman returned to the Metropolitan Detention Center after a prior visit was blocked. Goldman and other representatives aimed to assess the conditions for detainees, but federal officers turned them away and locked them out. Goldman formally requested access, citing his congressional oversight rights, but it was denied without explanation. Goldman expressed frustration over the Bureau of Prisons' collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security, questioning the legality of preventing oversight of immigrant detention facilities.
"So I'm here now to try to understand better why the Bureau of Prisons is now playing along with the Department of Homeland Security's unlawful, illegal, and unconstitutional efforts to prevent me from doing my congressional oversight."
"The Department of Homeland Security is using a wing at MDC to house more than 100 immigrants who were detained by Immigration and Enforcement."
#congressional-oversight #immigration-detention #metropolitan-detention-center #department-of-homeland-security #bureau-of-prisons
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