CONGRESSMAN KRISHNAMOORTHI CONDUCTS OVERSIGHT VISIT AT BROADVIEW ICE FACILITY AFTER MONTHS OF BEING UNLAWFULLY DENIED ACCESS

BROADVIEW, Ill., Dec. 19 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:

Today, following a federal court ruling blocking the Trump administration's restrictions on congressional access to immigration detention facilities, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) conducted an oversight visit at the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility after months of being unlawfully denied entry. Earlier this week, U.S. District Judge Jia M. Cobb temporarily paused ICE and Department of Homeland Security policies requiring Members of Congress to provide seven days' notice before visiting immigration detention facilities-restrictions the court found likely exceeded DHS's statutory authority and interfered with C...