WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:
LOS ANGELES, CA - U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Immigration Subcommittee, conducted an unannounced oversight visit yesterday to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) holding facility at the federal Edward R. Roybal Building in downtown Los Angeles, where he learned that immigration proceedings are being conducted hidden away from public view in the building's B-18 basement area. These hearings are taking place in the basement despite the existence of an immigration court in the same building on the fourth floor. Proceedings in immigration court are generally open to the public, with limited exceptio...