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Congressional Oversight of DHS Detention Facilities 2024

The dispute between Congress and DHS/ICE over the right to conduct unannounced inspections of detention facilities, including the legal and administrative challenges.

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How have congressional oversight rules and court orders affected lawmakers’ access to ICE detention facilities since 2024?

Since 2024, the statutory right of Members of to conduct of and detention facilities has been explicitly reaffirmed in appropriations law, but that legal entitlement has collided with new DHS/ICE guid...