The article discusses the challenges faced by Democratic members of Congress in obtaining responses from the Trump administration regarding the treatment of Puerto Ricans and others by immigration agents. Rep. Adriano Espaillat reports widespread apprehension from constituents about federal actions, including arrests and questioning by ICE. Many congress members have sought clarification through written inquiries but have received no answers, indicating a potentially alarming trend of sidestepping congressional oversight. This pattern raises significant questions about the accountability of immigration enforcement and its implications for citizens, especially in tribal areas.
"What we are clearly seeing is that with this administration, they are not responding to congressional inquiries," said Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández, a New Mexico Democrat.
At least a dozen members of Congress, all Democrats, have written to the Trump administration with pointed questions about constituents and other citizens whom immigration agents have questioned, detained and even held at gunpoint.
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