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Rhiannon12866

(239,752 posts) Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:05 AM Jun 20

DHS plays games to avoid legally permitted inspections of overloaded immigration detention centers - Jen Psaki - MSNBC

ICE detention centers were already operating beyond the capacity for which they'd been funded before Donald Trump's new deportation frenzy began, which means conditions in these centers are likely strained. Members of Congress are legally allowed to perform inspections of these facilities to check on those conditions. But now members of Congress are getting the runaround and not allowed the access to which they have a right. - Aired on 06/19/2025.

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DHS plays games to avoid legally permitted inspections of overloaded immigration detention centers - Jen Psaki - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 OP

The supremacist court has said that Trump, personally, markodochartaigh Jun 20 #1

If I could only... 2naSalit Jun 20 #2

The law is clear that these rules are illegal LetMyPeopleVote Jun 20 #3

Thanks for this Bayard Jun 20 #5

Watching this made me physically ill.....what country is this? young_at_heart Jun 20 #4

Would it be legal for members of Congress to take bodyguards with them? Bayard Jun 20 #6

Several have already hired protection, I remember Eric Swalwell talking about it when he received death threats Rhiannon12866 Jun 20 #8

But, could they take them on these inspections? Bayard Jun 20 #9

Ranking Member Bennie G Thompson slams Kristi Noem's illegal move to block Congressional oversight of ICE facilities. LetMyPeopleVote Jun 20 #7

markodochartaigh

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1. The supremacist court has said that Trump, personally,

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:12 AM

Jun 20

can do whatever he wants without prosecution. But that imperial privilege only applies to him. The directors of the ICE facilities which are not in compliance with the law need to be sued.