Members of Congress sought to check on individuals who were detained during immigration raids and protests
Democratic members of Congress from California and New York say that they were blocked from entering federal detention facilities over the weekend while seeking to inspect conditions and check on individuals detained during immigration raids and related protests.
In Los Angeles, US House members Maxine Waters, Jimmy Gomez and Norma Torres each said that they were denied entry to the Metropolitan Federal Detention Center, outside of which there had been anti-immigration customs enforcement (Ice) protests.