The Eastsider | Jimmy Gomez visits ICE facility

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By Jon Regardie U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez, whose district includes most of the Eastside, inspected an immigration detention center Downtown on Friday. He said detainees were sleeping on the floor in "tanks" holding up to around 40 people. Though the facility was not over capacity, it "isn’t set up to hold people for over 12 hours," Gomez said. LAist Read full article here

Forbes | New Epstein Files Released—As Democrats Ask Whether DOJ Scrubbed Trump Photos

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The Department of Justice released additional files related to its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein Saturday as Democrats questioned whether the Justice Department removed an image of President Donald Trump from the files released Friday. The files released Saturday include transcripts of interviews with witnesses and investigators conducted as part of the agency’s probes into…

Newsweek | ICE Suffers Legal Blow Over Blocking Detention Center Visits

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from enforcing rules that restrict congressional visits to immigration detention facilities. This deals a setback to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) effort to regulate oversight visits during a period of intensified immigration enforcement... In a ruling issued Wednesday, U.S. District…

LAist | Rep. Jimmy Gomez inspects ICE facility in LA during unannounced visit

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By Jordan Rynning U.S. Rep. Jimmy Gomez of Los Angeles inspected the B-18 immigration detention center in downtown Friday unannounced and called the visit a “first step” in transparency from the Trump administration. Gomez said there were more than 100 people being held inside, many of whom looked "exhausted." What he saw: Detainees sleep on the floor in “tanks” holding up to around…