Washington, Jan. 12 -- Congressman Jimmy Gomez issued the following press release:
Twelve Members of Congress have returned to federal court after the Trump-Vance administration secretly re-imposed a policy that blocks unannounced congressional oversight of federal immigration detention facilities. The Members filed a motion urgently asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to order the administration to explain how this new policy is not a violation of federal law guaranteeing Members of Congress the ability to conduct oversight of ICE facilities. The court's December order affirmed all Members' rights under federal law to conduct this oversight.
The lawsuit, Neguse et al. v. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement et...