by Tyler CunningtonSat, August 30th 2025 at 8:26 PM
Updated Sun, August 31st 2025 at 6:47 PM

... U.S Representative Emily Randall, of Washington's Sixth District, stated that on Saturday, during an unannounced visit to the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, she was denied entry, despite having legal protections to do so.

“I cited the statute multiple times to make sure that they understood they were breaking the law, and they said, 'Well, your previous visits have not been on a weekend.'”

Randall says she had been to the NWIPC three times in 2025, with two of those visits being pre-planned and one of them being unannounced. Each of those times, she was allowed entry.

Randall says she had been to the NWIPC three times in 2025, with two of those visits being pre-planned and one of them being unannounced. Each of those times, she was allowed entry ,,,

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Updated 19 hr ago
By Karina Tsui

Just days after two crew workers helping battle Washington’s largest wildfire were arrested by Border Patrol, Washington Rep. Emily Randall — who represents the district where the men are being held — was denied entry to the facility, calling the situation “disgusting” in an interview with CNN affiliate KOMO.

“This would have been my fourth visit yesterday to the ICE facility in Tacoma, there in my district,” Randall told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield on Sunday. “I had done two previous announced visits and one previous unannounced visit, which is the statutory authority of Congress, the oversight body of ICE and Homeland Security.”

The statute prevents the Department of Homeland Security from using its funding to stop certain people, like members of Congress, from entering facilities where immigrants are held, if they are there to do oversight, but Randall was denied entry on Saturday.

In a statement to CNN on Sunday, a DHS official said, “Rep. Randall did not follow proper protocol to schedule her visit of an ICE detention facility. This was nothing more than a political stunt to get media, clicks, and 15 minutes of fame. As ICE law enforcement have seen a surge in assaults, disruptions, and obstructions to enforcement — including by Member of Congress themselves — any requests to tour processing centers and field offices must be approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security” ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/31/us/washington-fire-detain-worker-border-patrol