Arizona Democrat challenges Trump after denied entry to Ice facility: 'We can't look the other way'

Source: The Guardian

Wed 30 Jul 2025 13.44 EDT
First published on Wed 30 Jul 2025 12.59 EDT


An Arizona congressman says the US government violated federal law when it refused to allow him to visit a local restaurant owner held in an immigration detention facility last week.

Greg Stanton, who represents Arizona’s fourth congressional district, is the latest in a series of Democrats who have been denied entry into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facilities, despite members of Congress’s legal right to conduct oversight without notice at places that detain migrants.

Stanton said he expects to take legal action to hold the Trump administration accountable for violating this law.

“Every time the Trump administration violates the law – whether it’s through impoundment or illegal terminations of government employees or systematic denial of due process rights, or denying members of Congress their obligation and right to visit a detention center – it all has to be challenged legally,” Stanton said. “We can’t look the other way. This is we operate under the rule of law, and this administration does not get to violate the rule of law. You can imagine that we will seek recourse.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/30/arizona-greg-stanton-immigration-trump