""Members of Congress have a legal right and constitutional responsibility to conduct oversight where people are being detained,""
""The public deserves to know what is taking place in ICE facilities.""
""ICE must ensure that this policy is implemented and enforced exclusively with money appropriated by the OBBBA,""
""the safety of staff, law enforcement, visitors, and detainees alike.""
DHS issued a memo requiring lawmakers to request visits to ICE detention facilities seven days in advance and making shorter-notice requests subject to Governor Kristi Noem's personal approval. A federal judge previously blocked a similar policy under appropriations law that prohibits restricting congressionally funded access, but Noem contends the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) funding creates an exception and instructs ICE to implement the rule using OBBBA appropriations only. Officials say the change is intended to protect the safety of staff, law enforcement, visitors, and detainees. Lawmakers seeking a visit after a shooting by ICE agents were denied under the new policy.
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