ICE enacts new policy on congressional visits to facilities During a visit to a Los Angeles facility, Reps Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif ) and Norma Torres (D-Calif ) claimed ICE officials released "some type of irritant into the air to push us back " Driving the news: The new policy requires members of Congress to request visits to their facilities with 72 business hours' notice
ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits The new policy, updated since February, also denies that ICE field offices are subject to the provision in federal law about congressional oversight visits Detained immigrants have been held in
DHS tightens rules for congressional visits to ICE facilities The new guidelines say that while members of Congress have the right to make unannounced visits to detention facilities for the purpose of oversight, ICE field offices “fall outside” those
ICE’s new rules for Congress: 72 hours’ notice or risk arrest ICE detailed the policy changes in a memo published to its website Under the new rules, ICE asserts that lawmakers must give 72 hours of advance notice before visiting an ICE field office