Los Angeles Daily News: Southern California Democrats say they were denied entry to a federal detention center in downtown LA
Los Angeles,
June 9, 2025
"Amidst the ICE activity and protests around the Los Angeles area on Saturday, several Southern California congressional representatives said they tried to enter a federal building downtown where they said immigrant families are being detained.
Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Los Angeles, said he and several other Democratic House members attempted to visit the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building on Saturday, June 7. He said, in a series of posts on social media, that the lawmakers were “exercising our congressional authority to investigate ICE’s inhuman detention of immigrant families” at the detention center but were denied entry. Members of Congress do not need to provide advance notice for visits to ICE detention facilities, guidelines on the immigration agency’s website note. Congressional staff must give 24 hours’ notice, according to federal law." Full Article |
