The New York Times: 5 Lawmakers in California and New York Are Denied Access to Federal Detention Facilities
Los Angeles,
June 9, 2025
"Three Democratic members of Congress from California and two from New York said over the weekend that they were barred from entering federal detention centers in their respective states to check on people who were detained in immigration raids or in protests against the raids.
All five members — Representatives Maxine Waters, Jimmy Gomez and Norma Torres of California and Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez of New York — said that they should have been allowed to enter the buildings as members of Congress. The California representatives said they were turned away from the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Ms. Waters said on Sunday that she had tried to see David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, on Friday, after he was arrested and apparently injured while protesting the raids." Full Article |
