Washington, Oct. 14 -- Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr issued the following news release:
NATCHEZ, MS - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Troy Carter (D-LA), Committee Member, released the below statement on their surprise oversight visit yesterday to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility at Adams County Correctional Center (ACCC) in Mississippi, the nation's largest migrant detention facility.
"One of Congress' primary responsibilities is oversight of federal agencies, and we exercised that power - and legal right - in an unannounced visit to ACCC after a summer of crises, protests, and power outages. We wanted an unvarnished look at the i...